Heather Cox Richardson

I'm less keen on having a year because people are so different.

What I like is the idea of having terms, a certain number of years.

Well, not term limits, but terms for in the Supreme Court.

Because remember, there were de facto limits when they set up the Supreme Court because you used to have to ride the circuit.

So literally, you had to ride a horse to the different—or get in a carriage or whatever, which was no picnic—to the different courts.

And so judges used to be young because you didn't want to have to ride around on a horse to do all this stuff.

Until we get World War II and the incredible ease of transportation and of really good medical care, both being in national government and being on the Supreme Court was generally a pretty young person's game.

Because you weren't going to fly home to California every night.

Right, right, right.

And by your own health.

Health care.

I think people should have basic healthcare.

And I wanna be really clear about this.

These are not things that I personally, I mean, yes, they are in a way.

They are things that I personally want people to have.

But you're talking about a foundational document.

So I'm building a document that will protect American democracy.

And one of the ways that you weaken a country is you make people sick.

I mean, I'm sorry, but that's just like rule number one.

You want to really hurt a population, make sure mothers die in childbirth.