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To: Lazamataz
Should a President be allowed to serve a third term?

No. never. there was a good reason for the amendment and nothing since then has changed that reason

And should members of Congress and the Supreme Court have term limits like the President?

Yes, Yes Yes for congress. If for nothing else, throwing out the bum(s) every few years will surely energize the parties to activity recruit new talent and maybe we can return to a era where citizens are actually engaged in the political process.

Supreme court should have long term limits but not elected. Say 10 to 15 years

8 posted on 02/28/2015 12:57:49 PM PST by Fzob (Jesus + anything = nothing, Jesus + nothing = everything)
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To: Fzob
Supreme court should have long term limits but not elected. Say 10 to 15 years
I’ve given that some thought. 18 years makes some sense. That would imply the need for one new justice every two years to maintain a 9-justice court. OTOH that would imply that each two-term POTUS would get to name one short of a majority of the court. That seems to me to be pushing it.

The only sensible alternative, IMHO, seems to be to have a new justice every two years but set the term of a justice at 22 years. Thereby allowing the size of the court to increase to 11 justices. And I think that 22 years is a sensible limit; with life terms as at present we risk ending up with an Alzheimer’s Disease court . . .


85 posted on 02/28/2015 5:23:21 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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