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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 191: Hey Now, You're a Lodestar
red sox 777 09/11/18 6:55:57 PM #54:	LordoftheMorons posted... Dancedreamer posted... As for judicial, I'd say that Supreme Court seats should NOT be for life. Instead, each justice should get a 10 year term. After that, they can't be a supreme court justice anymore. Life terms do a lot to prevent Justices from being beholden to anyone else (whether voters for a future office, or one of the parties in a case who could potentially offer them a lucrative job). Also with 10 year terms you'd often have Supreme courts that are split like 7-2 or 8-1 R-D or vice versa. This is a good point. With terms we would have whichever party won the last election in complete control of the court.... Until the next election. That would politicize it. The courts here are still world renowned for being fair and impartial between political parties, among countries with judiciaries that have political power. And the courts have a lot of power here - since they are the arbiter of what the Constitution means, effectively they can overrule the other 2 branches short of extreme remedies like impeachment. The courts achieved this level of power over 200 years of careful husbandry, taking great care to appear fair and neutral in the eyes of the people, while the other 2 branches have not covered themselves in glory. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest! <cite>red sox 777 posted [p:908557622] in Politics C... [t:76989412]...</cite> <quote><cite>LordoftheMorons posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Dancedreamer posted...</cite> <quote>As for judicial, I'd say that Supreme Court seats should NOT be for life. Instead, each justice should get a 10 year term. After that, they can't be a supreme court justice anymore.</quote> Life terms do a lot to prevent Justices from being beholden to anyone else (whether voters for a future office, or one of the parties in a case who could potentially offer them a lucrative job). Also with 10 year terms you'd often have Supreme courts that are split like 7-2 or 8-1 R-D or vice versa.</quote> This is a good point. With terms we would have whichever party won the last election in complete control of the court.... Until the next election. That would politicize it. The courts here are still world renowned for being fair and impartial between political parties, among countries with judiciaries that have political power. And the courts have a lot of power here - since they are the arbiter of what the Constitution means, effectively they can overrule the other 2 branches short of extreme remedies like impeachment. The courts achieved this level of power over 200 years of careful husbandry, taking great care to appear fair and neutral in the eyes of the people, while the other 2 branches have not covered themselves in glory. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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