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The check is to amend the Constitution.

• deleted 8y ago
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• craftyguy 8y ago
  That's a HUGE amount of effort, more then the effort to check the executive and/or legislative branches...
  • Simon_says 8y ago
    > That's a HUGE amount of effort That's a feature, not a bug.
    • craftyguy 8y ago
      It's a bug, because it depends on which party is in power, and their leanings on the issue. Parties change power at the drop of a hat, constitutional amendments are exceedingly much harder to pull off.
      • db48x 8y ago
        That's the point. If the constitution changed every four years, it wouldn't be much use.
• gremlinsinc 8y ago
  The best thing we could do is give supreme court term limits, this would make it less of a game of roulette, and more of a fairness factor... Maybe have 9 supreme court justices. A president may pick 2 on the start of his first term. The 5 longest serving rotate out. The Speaker of the house and Senate Majority leader sworn in after the presidential election each get to nominate 1 justice. The last seat is nominated and filled internally by those on the supreme court, but must be approved by congress as does the president's choices. So for instance say there's 9 justices in 2020. 9 - 5(retiring) = 4 4 + 5(new) = 9 Justices may serve multiple terms, and a president could 're-nominate' a sitting judge, but this makes the system more fluid, and less controlled by a single party in power unless they control both chambers, the white house, and supreme court already.
  • Spartan-S63 8y ago
    While that may seem like a good idea in principle, that politicizes the Supreme Court even more.