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To: STARWISE

Please correct me if I am wrong, somebody, but doesn’t the current power of the SC far outweigh what the Founders intended?

People with this sort of power are 1) NOT elected 2) Appointed by ONE person, and 3) Appointed for LIFE!

Does anybody think this is a sane arrangement, likely to result in a well-governed nation?

Efforts to rein this in will likely be futile, but after the upcoming SHTF, those attempting to fashion the next Constitution - if there’s enough left to call it a nation - might consider a better approach.


12 posted on 07/04/2012 12:01:57 AM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: dagogo redux

People with this sort of power are 1) NOT elected 2) Appointed by ONE person, and 3) Appointed for LIFE!
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Your #2 is incorrect. The POTUS only nominates a candidate for SCOTUS, but it’s the Senate that has to vote to approve that person.


19 posted on 07/04/2012 1:35:14 AM PDT by octex
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