President George Washington signed the Judiciary Act, establishing America’s court system back in 1789. The Constitution specifies that once federal judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate, they can hold their office “during good behavior,” in other words for life — unless they’ve misbehaved, that is. The average American today lives a lot longer today than in 1789, and advocates of Supreme Court reform maintain there may be constitutional ways to institute term limits. It’s a concept that has attracted adherents across the political spectrum.