02-01-2017, 10:19 AM
(02-01-2017, 02:08 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: There should be term limits for supreme court justices.
No position as powerful as this that isnt directly voted on by the people shouldnt get to stay indefinitely.
Instead of congress obstructing like the Republicans did and the Democrats probably will do. A steady turnover at a set rate would keep congress from screwing around and keep the positions filled.
Medicine continues to advance. Even faster if you are rich. If this guy lives over 100 he gets 50+ years on the job and there is nothing the American people can do about it. So if he shits the bed like his mom did at the EPA we just have to live with it until most of us are dead.
(02-01-2017, 09:57 AM)michaelsean Wrote: I've always thought so. 15 maybe 20 years.
The reason they have the job for life is that, ideally, the position is apolitical. Making it a lifetime appointment reduces the politicization of the SCOTUS. It doesn't make it zero, the justices are politicians as well, but putting limits on their time on the bench does make it more political than it already is. Even long terms like the 15-20 politicize the job more.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
