David Stras once wrote that U.S. Supreme Court justices should not have term limits. Instead, he said they should be incentivized to leave when they get old, through “golden parachute” pensions and a heavier workload, including being forced to hear cases around the country by “riding the circuits.

Stras, 42, is currently an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and before that was a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School whose extensive research focused on the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary in general.

Soon, Stras may be able to continue his scholarly scrutiny from the inside.