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"... with justices talking over each other and pontificating more than questioning..." lmao all workplaces are the same
by moscovium 5y ago
"... with justices talking over each other and pontificating more than questioning..."
lmao all workplaces are the same
- jgwil2 5y agoI imagine it could be significantly worse than what most people experience when you throw lifetime appointments into the mix.
- jedberg 5y agoAnd published transcripts of every interaction that is analyzed by law students all over the country, possibly for centuries after your death.
- lettergram 5y agoLifetime *political* appointments lol
- roamerz 5y agoYup. There should be no politics in any court. Only law.
- kbutler 5y agoAnd the law is written by...
- mywittyname 5y agoPeople who say, "eeh, we'll let the judges figure this part out."
- GauntletWizard 5y agoIf there is one thing that the Founding Fathers got wrong, it is this: Supreme Court appointments should not be lifetime. Immune to politics, sure - Once they're in, they cannot be removed for term, maybe, but I believe that they should be fixed-term, not forever What I would propose is thus: Each president should be allowed one appointment, 40 year fixed terms. Same confirmation rules, but rather than the vagaries of when justices step down or die, we have a floating pool of 7-10 justices at any time with new ones being added at a fixed rate.
- halostatue 5y agoCanadian justices must retire at 75.
- lupire 5y ago40years is exactly the problem. 12-20 is reasonable.