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(06-11-2020, 10:55 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Depends on who you ask. The interpretation of the 2nd Amendment being a protection of the right of the individual to own a firearm is a recent invention (Heller 2008 and McDonald 2010). For the longest time it was interpreted as protecting the states from the federal government in being able to regulate an armed citizenry. 

Of course, the fact that our constitution is so open to interpretation causes some issues.

Sure does. Had a whole impeachment procedure that made this painfully clear.

(06-11-2020, 10:55 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: There's a lot of good suggestions for reform for SCOTUS. I don't agree with elections

Yeah, me neither. It would just be consistent. Why do you want to secure the independence of one branch (by separate elections) and the same argument does not go for the other branch.

(06-11-2020, 10:55 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: but Buttigieg suggested expanding the bench to include a rotating group of justices with the new justices being selected unanimously by the existing justices.   

That would make some sense maybe, but I also see the danger of it getting even more partisan. Conservative and liberal judges would face quite a lot of pressure to vote for according judges, wouldn't they.
But sure, the current system is not that ideal either, eg. it makes sheer luck a very decisive factor for the future. (The luck of course being that many judges retire or die during a certain president's tenure.)

(06-11-2020, 10:55 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: There's still significant disenfranchisement, even with people who are "allowed" to vote. Keeping minorities off voter rolls, delaying registration, closing voting stations to ensure long lines, discouraging voting, not closing business for voting days to hurt lower income voters, etc. 

Yeah when I talked about four million unblemished citizens not allowed to vote I was referring to Puerto Rico et al., a topic I learned interests no one on the right or the left or on these boards, it only makes my head spin. In Puerto Rico, you even have the audacity to put meaningless ballots there on election day, so people can give their meaningless votes just for the lols of it. Imho that's the peak of mockery.

But sure your point about systematic disenfranchisement is well taken and on the list of problems I would rank it as a solid number two.