SCOTUS term-limits proposal

On Law.com Alan Morrison has It's Time for a Constitutional Amendment to Term Limit the Supreme Court:

The Carrington-Cramton proposal is very simple, to which I would require that it be done through a constitutional amendment. It would make permanent the number of justices at nine—there is no number in the Constitution—and provide for terms of 18 years, after which they may continue to serve in the lower federal courts and receive their Supreme Court salaries for life. They would also be available to sit on the court when there was a temporary vacancy, or replace justices who had to recuse themselves from a case because of a serious conflict of interest. The president would be empowered to appoint justices in the first and third years of their term so that every president would be assured of having two and only two appointments. A vacancy in the second year of a president’s term could be filled by anticipating the third-year appointment; a vacancy in the fourth year would remain open until the next year. Sitting justices would continue to serve on the court until their replacement was confirmed.

Today's DJ has Prominent female judges fill out All Star podcast lineup -- The Portia Project is the brainchild of Buchalter appellate lawyer and emerging podcast host M.C. Sungaila, who said the podcast will provide tips on effective lawyering and careers possible with a law degree, including those at the highest echelons. The first four of 30 recorded Portia Project episodes will drop Feb. 7.

Today's Recorder has Bedsworth: Baseball, Camels, and T. S. Eliot -- 
Justice William Bedsworth got the best advice he ever received about being a judge from a former minor league umpire.

Congrats to the newly elected members of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers: James Sigel and Andrew Love.