06-30-2015, 02:46 PM
(06-30-2015, 02:12 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Why do you think it would be more political with a term limit? I'm not agreeing with a term limit, but I don't know why that would make someone more political.
Because the entire point behind not being elected is politics and agendas aren't supposed to drive their rulings. But that's probably a falacious belief, since both parties want to nominate Justices who are idealogues...it's only when you have opposing parties in control of the WH and Senate that you get maybe a more centrist nominee.
Clearly the SCOTUS isn't very impartial when at least 6 of the 9 votes are entirely predictable based on the politics of the case. As it stands, those 6 votes generally offset, but that means 3 judges are mostly deciding those cases. And maybe 3 is all you really need with the other 6 making compelling arguments. But the SCOTUS could be dramatically altered by the next President appointing up to 3 Justices....which is pretty scary.
