The current situation came from using “norms” instead of “laws with actual enforcement mechanisms” in politics. There’s probably no saving those norms anymore, they’ll have to be reforged as laws.
Term limits would require a Constitutional amendment. That’s a generational project.
The corruption in this court will consume it. For example, it’s only a matter of time before a POTUS realizes that the immunity granted by the court could be used to legally assassinate judges who rule against you. Why add to the court when you can subtract?
Wasn’t there a way to effectively impose term limits by placing judges on a backup list where they stay for life after they have done a fixed number of years?
We need 13 judges and term limits yesterday.
2 years ago.
And fuck the assholes who were like “but we have to play by the rules or they won’t!” Cuz they haven’t been for decades.
The current situation came from using “norms” instead of “laws with actual enforcement mechanisms” in politics. There’s probably no saving those norms anymore, they’ll have to be reforged as laws.
Term limits would require a Constitutional amendment. That’s a generational project.
The corruption in this court will consume it. For example, it’s only a matter of time before a POTUS realizes that the immunity granted by the court could be used to legally assassinate judges who rule against you. Why add to the court when you can subtract?
Wasn’t there a way to effectively impose term limits by placing judges on a backup list where they stay for life after they have done a fixed number of years?
The immunity isn’t some absolute rule; I don’t seriously expect that the Republicans on the court think it applies to Democrats.