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Re:Justice Clarence Thomas uncovered a seven-year-old bug in... by lettergram on Friday April 01, 2022 @01:11PM (#30880629)
Lifetime *political* appointments lol
Re:Justice Clarence Thomas uncovered a seven-year-old bug in... by GauntletWizard on Friday April 01, 2022 @01:39PM (#30880974)
If there is one thing that the Founding Fathers got wrong, it is this: Supreme Court appointments should not be lifetime. Immune to politics, sure - Once they're in, they cannot be removed for term, maybe, but I believe that they should be fixed-term, not forever

What I would propose is thus: Each president should be allowed one appointment, 40 year fixed terms. Same confirmation rules, but rather than the vagaries of when justices step down or die, we have a floating pool of 7-10 justices at any time with new ones being added at a fixed rate.

Re:Justice Clarence Thomas uncovered a seven-year-old bug in... by halostatue on Friday April 01, 2022 @02:35PM (#30881738)
Canadian justices must retire at 75.
Re:Justice Clarence Thomas uncovered a seven-year-old bug in... by lupire on Friday April 01, 2022 @02:12PM (#30881444)
40years is exactly the problem. 12-20 is reasonable.
Re:Justice Clarence Thomas uncovered a seven-year-old bug in... by roamerz on Friday April 01, 2022 @01:22PM (#30880749)
Yup. There should be no politics in any court. Only law.
Re:Justice Clarence Thomas uncovered a seven-year-old bug in... by kbutler on Friday April 01, 2022 @02:12PM (#30881443)
And the law is written by...
Re:Justice Clarence Thomas uncovered a seven-year-old bug in... by mywittyname on Friday April 01, 2022 @02:53PM (#30881944)
People who say, "eeh, we'll let the judges figure this part out."