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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I used to believe that we needed to add 4 seats to SCOTUS, but I no longer believe that. Now I believe that we should expand SCOTUS to 29 seats.

No bad faith president should be able to rig the court and affect policy for next 50 years. Having a 29 seat court, with rolling term limits, allows every President to appoint a few seats, but not enough to change the overall composition and direction of the court. It would allow America to stay on a steady path into the future, making it difficult for our society to take wild swings in policy and culture.

Our allies, and those we make treaties with, will appreciate it as well. They shouldn't have to worry that every four years, all their work and negotiations were for nothing.

[–] Maiq@piefed.social 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

We also need a citizens vote of no conference as a means of defense against corruption in every branch of state and federal government.

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago

Yeah we should have a no confidence vote regularly. Maybe every 2 years for Congress and every 4 for the President

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I love this idea.

[–] speaksintv@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

It’s very telling when Don chomo’s admin says things like “we’ll go to the scotus to get the outcome we want.”

That is blatantly implying their rulings are based on nothing more than what they want the verdict to be.

[–] HappyCatLuvs_U@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago

"during good Behavior"

We have the right to remove blatantly corrupt Supreme Court justices. If the system was functional, this would've happened as soon as the "free luxury vacations" and blatant preconcieved decisions came to light.

[–] testfactor@lemmy.world -5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Why can't we find good candidates who don't have a history of abusing women?

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 4 points 35 minutes ago

What? I heard something about putting an ex girlfriend in a room but haven't heard this. Can we please interview every ex of Susan Collins and for that matter, every waiter or anyone else that interacted with her to scrutinize her as critically as they scrutinize Planter?