HI HCR49

Urges Hawaii's congressional delegation to introduce legislation proposing a constitutional amendment establishing fixed, nonrenewable, staggered eighteen-year terms for U.S. Supreme Court Justices.

Notes that Supreme Court Justices currently serve for life under Article III of the Constitution unless they resign, retire voluntarily, or are removed by impeachment.

Highlights that average Justice tenure has increased from 14.9 years (1789-1970) to 26.1 years (1970-2005), with the last four Justices serving an average of twenty-eight years.

Proposes that fixed eighteen-year terms would create a vacancy every two years, allowing each one-term President to appoint two Justices and each two-term President to appoint four Justices.

Directs that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to each member of Hawaii's congressional delegation.