Senate Democrats reignite debate over Supreme Court justice term limits
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Senate Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday to place term limits on Supreme Court justices, reigniting debate around the issue championed by Democrats in the House and the Senate.
    •  Veraxus   ( @Veraxus@kbin.social ) 
      7•9 months ago

      When a deeply corrupt branch is responsible for installing appointments to another branch with no public accountability whatsoever… yeah. One bad apple spoils the barrel, and a solid half of the barrel is nothing but the most pungent, loathsome rot.

    •  AnonTwo   ( @AnonTwo@kbin.social ) 
      10•9 months ago

      Weren’t a few of them outright begging for people to not cling to political parties? They probably were hoping that the courts would remain bipartisan just because they would be on the stands longer than whatever recent trend was going on when they were nominated in.

      Whereas if they had terms like the other branches they would always be voted in based on current issues.

      Of course, at the time they did all this, Judicial Review hadn’t even been conceived yet, let alone using judicial review to undo other supreme court cases en-masse.

      •  roguetrick   ( @roguetrick@kbin.social ) 
        3•9 months ago

        Weren’t a few of them outright begging for people to not cling to political parties?

        For the most part they were stupid to do so. Coalition building is independent of even government system. Look at the political parties behind the Nikea riots during the reign of Emperor Justinian. The truth is you could have sortition form the legislative branch and they would STILL develop political parties.

      •  BluJay320   ( @BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English
        1•9 months ago

        I mean I definitely get their reasoning behind it. I’m just saying that I don’t understand how they didn’t realize lifetime appointments could lead to some really shitty consequences if the wrong people were put in power.

        Like, they set term limits for everything else because they saw the absolute shitfest what having a lifetime-appointed official could have with the king, but they didn’t think about the possibility of the supreme court getting filled with people who were just as, if not more, awful?

        Just seems like a major oversight