this is an opinion piece by paul bland, who works for republic justice, this was published in the hilln late august, congress needs to modernize the supreme court and bring it into the 21st century. he writes, for many years, conservatives spoke of the importance of the supreme court acting with restraint in the area of constitutional law. that was talk about the importance of respecting the court's own precedent, narrowly deciding cases on the issues set forth in not carving out legal positions that were far past the views and mood of the public. all of those principles, he writes, have been disregarded in the courts recent maximalist decisions which have dramatically unsettled the legal and political systems. it is clear the court needs reforming and modernizing. that is why we are calling on congress to take action first. he writes that first the court should be expanded to 13 justices, and second, term limits should be implement it, capping the service at a maximum of 18 years. we should embrace this opportunity to bring our courts into the 21st century and stop the politically mot

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