PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
yeah......can anyone give me a reason why it needs to be reformed?......
4 ideas for Supreme Court reform
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yeah......can anyone give me a reason why it needs to be reformed?......
BidenPresident
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Clearly you did not even read the original post.
PostmodernProphet
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you're probably right.......it should be fine if each president could pick his own judges every four years.......I mean, we really don't need checks and balances, do we?......
BidenPresident
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We allow a President to pick his Supreme Court judges already.
PostmodernProphet
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sure I did....
besides "I don't think".......show me the reason for reform......
PostmodernProphet
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but you want to change the "for life" part.......
BidenPresident
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I do, yes.
PostmodernProphet
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then post #24 was irrelevant.....
SmarterthanYou
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anybody wanting to amend the constitution to institute term limits for justices want only one thing.........more power for their political party and ideals. nothing more, nothing less, and that makes you a traitor
Out of the four recommendations I’d only go with one, making the number of Justices an even number, that way the arguments presented would decide the validity of the case.
Two Judges per President could result in a Court with umpteen number of judges; “lottery” and bipartisan committee never turns out that way; and I do believe term limits requires a Constitutional change, which ain’t ever going happen
SmarterthanYou
rebel
this might sound 'good', but in actuality will only cause extreme confusion for the nation and increase federal power. since the 1940s politicized the courts, we've continually lost bits and pieces of liberty, though most refuse to see it
You're so full of shit.
How? Does every case bought to the SCOTUS have to have resolution? If one of the arguments is strong enough it would decide the case, not political or ideological bias
And “liberty” plus “freedom” are worn out cliches, in today’s world reduced to bumper stickers
Speak for yourself, Priscilla.
They are not special because they have a lifetime appointment. They have a lifetime appointment because the Constitution provides it for purposes of independence from political influences.
Maybe they should be limited in term, but the argument that unelected officials should not serve such long terms does not hold water. If they were elected long terms would be more of a problem.
If the argument for one side was much stronger than the other it would probably never reach the SC. They would refuse to accept a case decided by the lower courts.
If one circuit ruled one way and another ruled differently, resolution by the Supreme Court would be important or else there would be different law applied in different parts of the nation.
I think the courts have steadily expanded our liberties and freedoms.
Because some are afraid the court's decisions will not fit their political views.
BidenPresident
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nothing to do with being unelected. Let's not continue.
BidenPresident
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I don't know if term limits need a Constitutional amendment. But it seems simply adding judges may work.
That was one of the points in the original post:
"I don’t think someone should have that much power in an unelected position for that long,” former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. has said. “I think that three senatorial terms, 18 years, would be enough for a justice.”