jonny5
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The court is supposed to be "neutral", since it's about upholding the highest standards of law, not partisan bickering. That said frailty comes with increased age, and a relatively healthy court could be promoted by imposing a mandatory retirement age of 70, such as that in the UK.
Ginsburgs death is just more evidence that we need term limits for the Supreme Court. She would not give up her seat because of politics, could not do her job due to old age, and finally died in office causing yet another political crisis. Furthermore, the MORE people who wield power the better. We should not have 20-30 citizens in our entire lifetime who hold this position. Diversity of opinion ultimately comes from more people, not less.
What are some options for making sure people do not hold on to political power until death that maintains the faux neutrality of the court?
Elections are a no go.
Rotations between circuit courts and supreme court? 18 years and done staggered to avoid Presidential elections?
Its Time for Supreme Court Term Limits
No.Elaborate.
Ginsburgs death is just more evidence that we need term limits for the Supreme Court. She would not give up her seat because of politics, could not do her job due to old age, and finally died in office causing yet another political crisis. Furthermore, the MORE people who wield power the better. We should not have 20-30 citizens in our entire lifetime who hold this position. Diversity of opinion ultimately comes from more people, not less.
What are some options for making sure people do not hold on to political power until death that maintains the faux neutrality of the court?
Elections are a no go.
Rotations between circuit courts and supreme court? 18 years and done staggered to avoid Presidential elections?
Ginsburgs death is just more evidence that we need term limits for the Supreme Court. She would not give up her seat because of politics, could not do her job due to old age, and finally died in office causing yet another political crisis. Furthermore, the MORE people who wield power the better. We should not have 20-30 citizens in our entire lifetime who hold this position. Diversity of opinion ultimately comes from more people, not less.
What are some options for making sure people do not hold on to political power until death that maintains the faux neutrality of the court?
Elections are a no go.
Rotations between circuit courts and supreme court? 18 years and done staggered to avoid Presidential elections?
I do not think the OP realizes what the undertaking would be to change the Constitution in that regard, moreover all this really does is exchange one set of issues with Supreme Court lifetime appointments with another set of issues on limits. We would see just as much, if not more, political timing calculations as we do today when it comes to age and whichever President / Senate could seat another Justice.
Our real issue here is what the Senate process has become, the litmus test politicalization of questioning and conformation has become a horrible joke. It is no longer about Constitutionality but political interpretation of Constitutionality, and it has turned the courts into some half-assed legislative backdrop.
If the reps push through Ginsburg's replacement before the election, the dems, when they get majority in both houses, need to raise the Supreme Court seats to 13, and name every one of them immediately. This is what the war McConnell wants would look like.
i agree with that and term limits for congress as well.Ginsburgs death is just more evidence that we need term limits for the Supreme Court. She would not give up her seat because of politics, could not do her job due to old age, and finally died in office causing yet another political crisis. Furthermore, the MORE people who wield power the better. We should not have 20-30 citizens in our entire lifetime who hold this position. Diversity of opinion ultimately comes from more people, not less.
What are some options for making sure people do not hold on to political power until death that maintains the faux neutrality of the court?
Elections are a no go.
Rotations between circuit courts and supreme court? 18 years and done staggered to avoid Presidential elections?
No she wasn't Ginsburg was an utter disaster.Ruth was an outstanding justice including the last term, and the leader of the good/honest group on the court. This game where presidents try to pick someone with 40+ years (and it's sick that trump got two picks, much less three) is not good, but there is something to be said for experience. The institution would lose a bit of respect with term limits IMO.
No easy answer, but whatever answer, it's not based on Ruth's not doing a great job. Other justices have retired earlier. Her 'playing politics' made a lot of sense on not resigning; the right does it a lot, and the right's attacks on Ruth for doing it are just their hypocritical spiteful demand for total power, just as we're seeing with their attempt to hypocritically fill this vacancy just before an election after what they did in 2016.
I liked Buttigieg’s rotation with the lower courts. I prefer 10 year appoinments.
SC has to be rebuilt. The nomination process was already garbage. Now it’s entirely useless. GOP has wrecked the court. Their own standard bearer doesn’t even respect its decisions if he doesn’t like them. Roberts had much more power than he exercised during impeachment because he’s a member of the GOP in good standing.
Can you replace your new avatar with your old one again?
It was pleasant to viddy whereas this one is creepy.
I shall take your request under consideration. Although Halloween is Coming.
LOL, she is just too ugly
The world needs more beauty.
Why is it most Con women are so motley?
Thaaaaat’s not true. The Fox News Online Secretary Pool is kinda hot in parts, if you just want to stare at something.
Maybe I can't get by the venom they spew.
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