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And of course, congress would probably have to be involved in this no matter what. even if you have a constitutional amendment, the most likely course of action, the way it's always been done, would be to have congress propose a constitutional amendment to the states. now, you can have an amendment by constitutional convention, but that's really very tricky. so one way or another, it would require some congressional support to make this change. >> pete williams and melissa murray, thank you both for being with me this morning. take a turn and take a look at headlines out west. the families o...

The commissioners say this current system gives political parties an ability to shape the direction of the court that's out of proportion to their record of success at the ballot box. the commissioners say that commissioners might be able to make this change by itself, but the safest course of action would be a constitutional amendment, and they say it could be designed so that the system would kick in during the term of a future president, so that the vote on the amendment wouldn't depend on who the president was at time. jose, this idea of term limits for supreme court justices has long been...