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Senate Democrats introduce bill to implement term limits and biannual appointments to Supreme Court
(www.washingtonexaminer.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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Good. I’m not sure how the founding fathers didn’t conceive of this becoming a problem in the first place
Weren't a few of them outright begging for people to not cling to political parties? They probably were hoping that the courts would remain bipartisan just because they would be on the stands longer than whatever recent trend was going on when they were nominated in.
Whereas if they had terms like the other branches they would always be voted in based on current issues.
Of course, at the time they did all this, Judicial Review hadn't even been conceived yet, let alone using judicial review to undo other supreme court cases en-masse.
For the most part they were stupid to do so. Coalition building is independent of even government system. Look at the political parties behind the Nikea riots during the reign of Emperor Justinian. The truth is you could have sortition form the legislative branch and they would STILL develop political parties.