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I imagine it could be significantly worse than what most people experience when you throw lifetime appointments into the mix.
by jgwil2 5y ago
I 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.