Democrats introduce bill requiring term limits for US supreme court justices

The measure would also provide for an appointment every two years but any such reforms are vigorously opposed by Republicans

US House Democrats have introduced a bill to establish term limits for supreme court justices, after an unprecedented term in which the highest court produced a series of deeply conservative rulings upending American law.

In June, a court dominated 6-3 by Republican appointees overturned the right to abortion. It also issued consequential rulings on gun control, the environment and other controversial issues.