Words in the News Supreme Court justice juge de la Cour suprême des États-Unis Some observers of US politics advocate replacing life tenure for Supreme Court justices by fixed term appointments but constitutional lawyers point out that this would require amending the constitution. surcharge majoration In October 2014, Brussels suddenly demanded that Britain pay a £1.7 billion EU surcharge resulting from a reassessment of its national income by its own statistics authorities. surge élan Political analysts observe that despite the apparent surge of mutual goodwill following the Paris terror attacks in November 2015, serious obstacles to joining forces to fight Islamic State remain between Russia and the West. swear in faire prêter serment Senate Republicans say they will refuse any Obama nomination to replace the late supreme court justice Antonin Scalia as they hope a Republican president will be sworn in at the US Capitol on Inauguration Day, 20 January 2017. sweeping en profondeur A number of commentators pointed out that President Obama had been engaged in a sweeping overhaul of US-Cuba relations since late 2014, including a call for ending the US trade embargo. 134