4 ideas for Supreme Court reform

Flash said:
By striking down laws and regulations that restrict those rights. Most of the freedoms in the Bill of Rights have less restrictions today than years ago. The most recent was the case regarding religious services.
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compared to the number of cases where they've expanded police and government power, I wouldn't say it's been 'regular'
 
BidenPresident said:
Term limits

All federal judges have lifetime appointments. Even some who have pushed for expanding the Supreme Court have floated term limits as an alternative. Norm Ornstein has been talking about this for many years, even before the current fervor built for overhauling the court.

The number floated for Supreme Court justices is often 18 years.

“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.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/15/4-ideas-supreme-court-reform/
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The average tenure is about 17 years anyway.
 
By and large, the current system has worked well. The Senate did abuse its power by not considering Garland and then hypocritically confirming Barrett. But, that’s the way the ball bounces.

Eventually, the court will swing in a different direction. It’s all about timing.
 
BidenPresident said:
Term limits

All federal judges have lifetime appointments. Even some who have pushed for expanding the Supreme Court have floated term limits as an alternative. Norm Ornstein has been talking about this for many years, even before the current fervor built for overhauling the court.

The number floated for Supreme Court justices is often 18 years.

“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.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/15/4-ideas-supreme-court-reform/
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Better just to take impeachment of judges seriously. Compared to the other two branches of FedCo, judges are by far the easiest to impeach, yet Congress lacks balls. Term limits for Congress just might gain them some balls.
 
Nordberg said:
Yep, it will take away what the reds achieved by cheating. I agree, it is the perfect number. Rightys are upset because this is exactly what they would do if situations were reversed.
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You think thirteen is the perfect number, just as well you're not superstitious.
 
SmarterthanYou said:
so you think that King vs Kentucky expanded our constitutional rights????? please explain that 'logic'
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It did not expand rights, it simply confirmed existing law that police could search without a warrant to prevent the destruction of evidence.

I did not say every case expanded our rights, but that the long-term trend had been to expand those rights.
 
Flash said:
It did not expand rights, it simply confirmed existing law that police could search without a warrant to prevent the destruction of evidence.

I did not say every case expanded our rights, but that the long-term trend had been to expand those rights.
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how 'long' has that 'long term trend' been?
 
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