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Yes. But my point is, that’s a reason why we need to reconsider LIFETIME appointments.

I whole heartily agree. Term limits and/or mandatory retirement age for all judicial and political positions is needed. Badly.

IMHO, term limits of 16 years* and mandatory retirement at 75.

* for House and Senate politicians, that could give you 8 terms in the House or 5 terms in the House and one term in the Senate or two terms in the House and two terms in the Senate. Lots of possibilities.

From the quill of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States, Writer of the Declaration Of Independence and avowed Patriot of the American nation:

“You seem to consider the judges the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions; a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges … and their power [are] the more dangerous as they are in office for life, and are not responsible, as the other functionaries are, to the elective control. The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruptions of time and party, its members would become despots. It has more wisely made all the departments co-equal and co-sovereign within themselves … . When the legislative or executive functionaries act unconstitutionally, they are responsible to the people in their elective capacity. The exemption of the judges from that is quite dangerous enough. I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society, but the people themselves. ….” Thomas Jefferson — Letter to Mr. Jarvis, Sept, 1820

Bolded sentence is mine.

You will never get it considered unless you treat the House and Senate equally. Their institutional egos demand that.
So I say 6 terms in the House (12 years), 2 terms in the Senate (12 years). A decade plus 2 should be plenty! Then because we will never get it considered unless will give something to “career politicians”. To return to the Senate you must sit out one full senate term, to return to the House you must sit out 3 house terms. Let them go home experience the sweet fruits of their governing wisdom!

I also support of finding a way of making harder for politicians and their demented spawn to shop for the equivalent of the “rotten borough”. Like RFK going from Mass to NY to be a senator. Hellary going from the nth circle of hell to NY to be a senator. (Don’t NY’ers have any self respect?) and what’s likely going on for Chelsea again probably in NY.