@[email protected] Such a system would make it impossible to play the Court, as is now currently done - where an ideological group forum shops, then runs the case to SCOTUS when it's favorable to them.
In short, #RuleOf18 would make justice truly blind at SCOTUS level.
The rest of the Judiciary also needs massive reform.
But that's a discussion for another day.
@[email protected] We may disagree on specifics, but I'd agree the entire judiciary system needs to be reformed.
Just SCOTUS alone needs to undergo some key changes.
First, they all need to be under an ethics code.
Second, #RuleOf18 : 18 justices, 18 year staggered terms. Divided ideologically 6 Left, Center, Right. as proven by their previous rulings & work. Every case heard by random 3 of each. En Banc available…
@AlxLndOMountain @ifilljustice The point of all of it would be to take out the ability to rig SCOTUS.
The fact that under #RuleOf18 Presidents and Congresses would be forced to judge nominees to the Supreme Court not as partisans but on their merits to fill the job isn't a bug in the system.
It's a feature.
@AlxLndOMountain @ifilljustice They wouldn't have a choice under #RuleOf18. That's one point of the Rule.
A Republican POTUS could put forward the least offensive, to them, Lefty - so think Elizabeth Warren or Sherrod Brown instead of Bernie Sanders or AOC. But they'd have to put forward a Lefty, just as a Democratic POTUS would have to fill Rightie & Centrist positions with similar persons…
@glennpeters @ifilljustice Under #RuleOf18, new justices are coming into their positions regularly, and others are leaving. Every time there's an opening, there can be a re-evaluation. So yes - a POTUS could still *slightly* shape the Court. But they could not rig the Court, as it has been now.
Think of it as the difference between putting "english" on a pinball and tilting the machine.
@ifilljustice That’s one of the reasons I’ve advocated for #RuleOf18 for years.
18 justices, 6 each, Left, Center, Right ideologically, as proven by all their decisions & actions. Each serves 18 years. All cases heard by 9, three of each. En Banc available.
Makes the system blind, since one never knows who is hearing each case, so can’t wait for a “friendly” court.
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