Most Americans back term limits for Supreme Court: poll

By the numbers: 82% of respondents said the justices should be prohibited from hearing cases in which they have personal or financial interests.

• 77% said they would support a formal ethics code for Supreme Court justices, including investigations into potential misconduct.

State of play: The Supreme Court did not have its own code of ethics until last year, and those guidelines have no enforcement mechanisms or external oversight.

• Each justice still decides on their own when to recuse themselves from any particular case.

Breaking it down: 69% of people in the Annenberg survey support a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices, and 68% endorse term limits for the justices.

• President Biden recently endorsed term limits, under pressure from his party's more liberal wing.
• Such a system would give each president the ability to appoint two new justices, so the ideological makeup of the court would track more closely with voters' electoral preferences.

Yes, but: While some Congressional Dems have been pushing Supreme Court reform, there are no signs these proposals will soon be passed, or even get a vote.