Overview
- Emanuel outlined a mandatory retirement age of 75 for the president, members of Congress, Cabinet officials, Supreme Court justices and all federal judges at events in Washington hosted by the Center for American Progress and the Christian Science Monitor.
- If enforced today, the cap would make President Donald Trump, 79, ineligible to continue in office and would have barred Joe Biden, now 83, from serving his term.
- Fox News tallied 17 senators and 45 House members at or over 75 who would be affected, and Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, 77, and Samuel Alito, 75, would be forced to leave the bench.
- Emanuel said he will seek to enact the limit through legislation rather than a constitutional amendment, acknowledging uncertainty over its constitutionality and prospects in an older Congress.
- He positioned the proposal within a broader push on ethics, lobbying and anti-corruption reforms and noted it would apply to him, potentially limiting any second term if he sought the presidency in 2028.