Speech #1050110140

My bill which I have introduced for consideration by my colleagues would apply term limits or impose term limits on Federal judges. because it would require the periodic renomination and reconfirmation of all Federal judges. So the net effect would be no more lifetime tenure for unaccountable judges who too often pursue. as I said earlier. an activist political agenda. We have been particularly hard hit by that in California. where California voters have voted overwhelmingly for Proposition 187. a statewide initiative. a ballot referendum. if you will. that addresses illegal immigration. and more recently. the California civil rights Initiative. Proposition 209 on the California ballot. which would eliminate affirmative action preferences in California law. In both instances. opponents of those ballot initiatives were immediately able to go to Federal court and find a friendly. sympathetic judge who. in effect. delayed the implementation of those two ballot initiatives which had the effect of subverting the will of a majority of California voters.