In Day IX of The Doctrine of Constitutional Temporal Continuity, Nicolin Decker turns from constitutional self-correction to constitutional reform—asking whether changes to Supreme Court tenure can solve legitimate institutional problems without weakening the Court’s long-horizon constitutional function.

The episode examines the strongest arguments for reform, including democratic accountability, aging and capacity, strategic retirement, appointment asymmetry, ideological entrenchment, and public legitimacy.

🔹 Core Insight A reform may preserve individual judicial independence while still weakening institutional temporal continuity. The key question is not simply how long a Justice serves, but how frequently the Court is recomposed—and how closely that recomposition becomes synchronized with presidential suc ...