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The system really should be balanced such that each President gets one nomination per term.
by germinalphrase 4y ago
The system really should be balanced such that each President gets one nomination per term.
- refurb 4y agoThat’s not a terrible idea, but one can imagine both parties would game the change so that it takes effect while they’ve secured a multi-term presidency and a number of justices are retiring.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoHow do you secure a multiterm presidency?
- refurb 4y agoWas Obama ever at risk of not getting two terms considering the Republican candidates? It's not guaranteed, but you can usually guess when Presidents are popular enough to stick around for 2 terms.
- gilbetron 4y agoIn hindsight, no, at the time, absolutely. If things had gone a bit differently, he would've failed. I mean the 2012 election was about equivalent to the 2020 election, numbers wise.
- germinalphrase 4y agoIt also shouldn’t matter. He wins a second term, he gets a second SC pick. Longest serving justices get retired on a schedule.