02-04-2017, 07:53 PM
Term Limits for SC Justice or an age of retirement for SC Justice is a bad idea.
This is why, I believe, Trump was elected since Republicans came out to vote to keep the nomination from Hillary. A garrenteed nomination and the possibility of another nomination got Trump elected. Republicans saw the possibility of having 40+ years of a Right leaning SCOTUS and jumped at the chance.
You give any presidential election the chance to nominate a SC Justice, it will turn the SCOTUS more political than it is now.
This is why, I believe, Trump was elected since Republicans came out to vote to keep the nomination from Hillary. A garrenteed nomination and the possibility of another nomination got Trump elected. Republicans saw the possibility of having 40+ years of a Right leaning SCOTUS and jumped at the chance.
You give any presidential election the chance to nominate a SC Justice, it will turn the SCOTUS more political than it is now.