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Re:Supreme Court rules antitrust lawsuit against Apple can p... by bastawhiz on Monday May 13, 2019 @04:04PM (#19903375)
...until you get presidential candidates campaigning on the promise that they'll fill SCOTUS seats with the candidates of their alignment. It's practically an election by proxy.
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Re:Supreme Court rules antitrust lawsuit against Apple can p... by chipotle_coyote on Monday May 13, 2019 @04:09PM (#19903416)
But we have that now. The idea of setting a term limit for Supreme Court justices is that it would minimize the effect of politicized appointments. Assuming the party that gets to make the appointments shifts over time, the makeup of the court is likely to be more balanced overall.
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Re:Supreme Court rules antitrust lawsuit against Apple can p... by LanceH on Monday May 13, 2019 @04:55PM (#19903874)
The problem with a 10 year employment is the expectation of getting paid for performance at the end of that term.
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Re:Supreme Court rules antitrust lawsuit against Apple can p... by spuz on Monday May 13, 2019 @06:01PM (#19904442)
What do you mean by this?
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Re:Supreme Court rules antitrust lawsuit against Apple can p... by gowld on Monday May 13, 2019 @07:04PM (#19904929)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolving_door_(politics)
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Re:Supreme Court rules antitrust lawsuit against Apple can p... by sieabahlpark on Monday May 13, 2019 @06:35PM (#19904714)
That completely eliminates the judiciary branch as an effective check against the other two.

It's unfortunate but having a stalemate is the best course to eliminate rash changes to government when there is a lot of divisiveness.

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