@jdavidnet @evacide The answer is probably “when a sufficient number of SCOTUS is replaced” so like 50 years?

The courts or congress will not save us or help us. We need to do that ourselves.

@smidbot @evacide

I’ve been giving SCOTUS a lot of thought, and I think we should keep the life long service aspect, but have congress add one every year (or every other year).

This would favor parties adding Judges that are younger and will live longer.

I think this will remove the specialness of a presidential term having more or less possible Judges to add and will give every President 4 judges to pick, and every congress (2 year) two judges.

@smidbot @evacide

Pete was well intentioned but his proposal favored a 2 party system, and would create future deadlock.

Making it a yearly obligation wouldn’t require changing the constitution, just US Law. It would also make it a yearly obligation and tradition, and might lower level of bipartisan brinkmanship.

@smidbot @evacide

If an average SCOTUS judge serves 40 years, and there are 40 judges, then each judges vote is only 2.5% of the vote, and a presidents influence on the court is only 10% per term.

This should tend judges younger, and closer to the demographic mean age. It might skew judges female as they tend to live longer, and it might depoliticize each judge as the political fallout from drama might exceed the political win to push one through.