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...until you get presidential candidates campaigning on the promise that they'll fill SCOTUS seats with the candidates of their alignment. It's practically an e
by bastawhiz 8y ago
...until you get presidential candidates campaigning on the promise that they'll fill SCOTUS seats with the candidates of their alignment. It's practically an election by proxy.
- chipotle_coyote 8y agoBut we have that now. The idea of setting a term limit for Supreme Court justices is that it would minimize the effect of politicized appointments. Assuming the party that gets to make the appointments shifts over time, the makeup of the court is likely to be more balanced overall.
- LanceH 8y agoThe problem with a 10 year employment is the expectation of getting paid for performance at the end of that term.
- sieabahlpark 8y agoThat completely eliminates the judiciary branch as an effective check against the other two. It's unfortunate but having a stalemate is the best course to eliminate rash changes to government when there is a lot of divisiveness.