I have always found it a fitting metaphor for the entire US political system that the judiciary is controlled by nine people - who are appointed for life and essentially make decisions without any checks and balances.
Well, there’s a point to tenure. It’s to be able to weather demented rapists who make it into office. But yeah it’s been thoroughly bescrewed by the Heritage Foundation creeps and Moscow Mitch’s fuckery. Lately, anyway.
Could have voted Hilary and had a good court but no.
Maybe it would be better to just put people in there for 15 years or so? Longer than the 8 years for one president at minimum, but NOT FOR FUCKING LIFE. Unchecked power breeds corruption. It was always dependent on the good will of the judges and that is not something a country should bank on in the long term.
Yeah that’s what most other constitutional tribunals do I think. In Poland for example it’s a 15 year term so even though the court is packed with unconstitutional judges they have to go away soon anyway.
I mean I do find it funny in a way: they decided they didn’t want to be ruled over by a king for life, but then decided for the supreme court: ah fuck it, don’t want to bother selecting new guys every decade. Make it for life, just like the king we just seceded from.
Well, but at least terms of set lengths. That was already progress.
I would wish certain positions in my country, Germany, also had term limits. I haven’t yet have a chancellor in my whole life where I thought: oh yes, please more of that. But others disagree and so we got in our history since 1945 3 chancellors with 4 terms. =( we call other countries backwards for having presidents hold on to positions…
I have always found it a fitting metaphor for the entire US political system that the judiciary is controlled by nine people - who are appointed for life and essentially make decisions without any checks and balances.
Well, there’s a point to tenure. It’s to be able to weather demented rapists who make it into office. But yeah it’s been thoroughly bescrewed by the Heritage Foundation creeps and Moscow Mitch’s fuckery. Lately, anyway.
Could have voted Hilary and had a good court but no.
Maybe it would be better to just put people in there for 15 years or so? Longer than the 8 years for one president at minimum, but NOT FOR FUCKING LIFE. Unchecked power breeds corruption. It was always dependent on the good will of the judges and that is not something a country should bank on in the long term.
It would be better to just have people come in on rotations from the benches of the highest courts.
Yeah that’s what most other constitutional tribunals do I think. In Poland for example it’s a 15 year term so even though the court is packed with unconstitutional judges they have to go away soon anyway.
I mean I do find it funny in a way: they decided they didn’t want to be ruled over by a king for life, but then decided for the supreme court: ah fuck it, don’t want to bother selecting new guys every decade. Make it for life, just like the king we just seceded from.
Well they also didn’t have term limits on the president at the time either lol.
Well, but at least terms of set lengths. That was already progress.
I would wish certain positions in my country, Germany, also had term limits. I haven’t yet have a chancellor in my whole life where I thought: oh yes, please more of that. But others disagree and so we got in our history since 1945 3 chancellors with 4 terms. =( we call other countries backwards for having presidents hold on to positions…