[Don Corleone]

There’s no perfect solution, but at least the SC justices aren’t campaigning for office or in position to vote to bestow vast sums of taxpayer money on their cronies and campaign donors.

How naive!

[boxlunch]

I agree. The SC oligarchy is part of the problem, not a solution!

[GovernmentShrinker]

It’s not that their votes can’t affect what taxpayers get hit up for, but they’re not really in a position to personally benefit from that — unlike elected politicians, who are perpetually in the process of buying votes for the next election with our money. For that reason, the SC justices are a heck of lot more likely to make an objective decision based on law, than any politician or group of politicians.