Imagine having the legacy of being the judges that this law was even proposed because of
Like they care. If they’re forced to retire, they’ll get cushy jobs making bajillions for law firms or lobbyist groups.
They won’t need them. They’ll still get paid…
But not bajillions of dollars. How can you expect Uncle Clarence to afford all of those trips on his paltry retirement plan?!
Good. I’m not sure how the founding fathers didn’t conceive of this becoming a problem in the first place
I know a fair few Republicans have also said they wanted this. So I fully expect them to oppose this on the basis of “if a dem proposed it, it must be SATANISM”.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Satanism? Really? Come on. Be fair to the Republican position.
If a Democrat proposes something it’s socialism, duh. They know the Democrats are all dirty heathens and don’t care about Satan.
I love that we’re doing this, I hate that it’s not an amendment to the constitution.
I feel like this purposal doesn’t tackle the subject appropriately.
Historically there’s been streaks of one party winning elections (like 1869-1885) this kind of change might end up ensuring the SCOTUS is even more polarized.
I think an approach more focused on auditing justices to ensure they don’t fall to impropriety would make more sense.
First of all having the supreme court be political at all is bizarre. They should be some of the best judges in a country that enforce the law in the most fair way possible and they shouldn’t be elected, they should be hired.
But if you are gonna do that, the judges that are elected should reflect the current political views of the majority and not what people thought years ago.
If the people decide that one party is better for many years, the judges should be of that party. Basically if the people are “polarized” the supreme court should be “polarized” as well.
To be fair for the most part Scotus judges aren’t really ‘republican’ or ‘democrat’ but are normally grouped based on how they interpret law, with completely different names like ‘originalists’ or ‘textualists’. The idea was them being nonpolitical arbitrers of law. But of course they’re still appointed by presidents who fall into a party who insert bias by selecting someone they like.
Article 3 of the constitution is so under baked it’s long past time for an update.
Id vote for that.
For people who tout democracy so much you guys are fucking shit at it
By disliking the consequences of an unvoted appointed lifelong position?
Thanks for letting everyone know you have absolutely no idea what the rest of us are talking about.
You need to clarify this.
US government
