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Politics Philosophized: Addressing partisan politics in the Supreme Court is more complicated than it seems

Max Ferrandino October 2, 2020
There are two viable options for altering the future state of the Supreme Court: setting term limits and court packing.
Boston city councilors voted Wednesday to double their term length from four to eight years. The vote also resulted in a law that will limit candidates to only run for one municipal election at a time. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City councilors vote to extend term limits

Kyler Sumter April 11, 2016

The Boston City Council voted Wednesday to increase its term limits from two to four years, according to a same-day report from the Committee on Government Operations and Special Committee on Charter...

YANK-JACOBS: Supreme Court term limits should follow Antonin Scalia's death

YANK-JACOBS: Supreme Court term limits should follow Antonin Scalia’s death

Kobe Yank-Jacobs February 22, 2016

Following Justice Antonin Scalia’s death and President Barack Obama’s subsequent assurance that he would nominate a successor, political punditry has revolved around the strategy Obama will use to...

Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo speaks at a conference in 2011. Massachusetts lawmakers voted Thursday to eliminate term limits for the Speaker of the House. PHOTO BY GLENN KULBAKO/FLICKR

Mass. House votes to eliminate term limits for Speaker of the House

Caroline Lord February 2, 2015

The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted in favor of a proposal Thursday to eliminate term limits for the Speaker of the House, a position currently held by Robert DeLeo, who’s serving his fourth...

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