Don’t know how I feel about term limits for the SCOTUS.
I do. its a stupid idea.
I think on the list of things that are currently facing America, including the acute dangers posed by our debt, this ‘issue’ is near the bottom.
I don’t see a need for term limits. I see a need to impeach judges who think it’s legitimate to reference foreign law when deciding cases.
I also think we need to work on consititutional amendments that specifically define the commerce clause to stop them from giving the feds too much power. Making sure only people who respect original intent get installed as justices would certainly help, too!
Mandatory retirement age? Like 80 or somehting?
I dunno about that
I'm against it. A Supreme Court justice could always be removed via Impeachment if there was some kind of compelling reason which the Congress felt existed.
Barring that, I'm against term limits for Supreme Court Justices.
C'mon, Rick...
Just rotate the Supreme Court position through the judges on the Circuit Courts of Appeals ~ and severely restrict the court's jurisdiction>
One way to do that is to have ONLY ONE JUDGE (which explains my grammar above) with NO CLERKS.
The Romans gave each Consul a 1 year term, with 2 Consuls elected ~ and each had a veto power over the other.
The Roman office was a bit restrictive since the 2 switched jobs every month, with one leading the army in war and the other sitting around sipping lattes with the Senators (or some such ~ there were disputes).
The thing is if it's advantageous to rein in the Court, then DO IT by reducing the number of judges and how long they serve.
Now, about the Circuit Courts ~ elect them on a schedule that never conflicts with a federal election for Congress or President. A 7 year term would probably work.
There are a variety of schemes out there to figure out how we would want to elect them ~ maybe proportional representation, party list voting, by states, by regions of the country ~ whatever. FUR SHUR don't let lawyers pick them. That hasn't been working out lately. In fact, we could PROHIBIT lawyers from participating in these elections.
I don’t like the idea of term limits for Justice, but I DO wish the Senators who pass them on so blithely would take their responsibility more seriously than just going along because it’s a president’s prerogative.
Th senatorsy are not voting for Homecoming King. These ARE lifetime appointments to positions that will affect all Americans’ lives for generations and in that sense, far more important than any president or senator or representative.
I don’t think it would make a difference.
I think every government job should have term limits.
That would fix nothing.
That would not guarantee a better appointee as a replacement.
The cure for bad SCOTUS justices lies with electing Constitutionalist Presidents, not with changing the system of their selection or their term.
Opportunities for “change” on the court can work against Conservatives as easily as for us. It is no panacea.
Anyone interested in putting Scalia, Thomas, or Roberts up for replacement, by law, before end of Obama’s term? No? But you would place that burden on some future situation?
I won’t.
I WILL
always work for Presidents to appoint judges with respect for the written Constitutions and ITS MANDATES for limited government.
Guess they never figured we would just blow the the system apart with liberalism and turn into a nation of baby killers and sexual perversion promoters.
The problem becomes with those interpreters who consider the Constitution to be a living document.
The problem with SCOTUS is not the term...it's the friggin' lousy, liberal, brain dead judges.