[Richard Axtell]

If “new” judges can be hired, they can be fired. None of this is covered by either rules or law. “Screw the SCOTUS”, they are saying.

[Red Badger]

All Federal judgeships are lifetime appointments..................

[Leaning Right]

> None of this is covered by either rules or law. <

Until recently I thought that the Constitution set the number of Supreme Court justices at nine. I was wrong. The Constitution gives Congress the power to set that number. And they could pick any number they want. It would all be quite legal.

Absent a presidential veto, a Democrat Congress could set the number at, say, 12 (I’ve heard that number mentioned). Of course a Republican Congress could do the same.