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RIP and I don't want to dump on someone recently deceased but we need age limits on politicians and SC members. That she was allowed to continue in her role at 90 and in clear cognitive decline is insane

Shouldn't be restricted to age limits maybe but there should be some set of parameters that officeholders need to meet in order to remain in their role. If they have health issues but have reasonable cognition and can still do the job for the most part OK keep on keeping on but holy shit Feinstein should've been gone months if not years ago

I think term limits more-so then age limits will help that and solve a lot of the other problems in congress as well.

4 terms for a representative (8 years) and 2 terms for a senator (12 years) would do wonders. The only downside I could see (besides members of congress not being able to hold onto power as long, which is THEIR problem, not ours) is having to pay out more in pensions since we will have more retired congressional leaders. But even as the raging libertarian I am I would happily have taxes go towards that if it meant we didn't have Senators sitting in the same spot for 30 - 40 years and dying in office.

Edit: And yea, add limits on the Supreme Court as well. Like you can only serve on the court for 12 years.