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georgephillip
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Time to get serious about term limits?
When SCOTUS came into existence, political parties had a fraction of their current degree of political polarization.
The concept of checks and balances worked as the framers' intended. Today most Republicans AND Democrats first loyalty is to their party instead of the country's Basic Law.
https://fixthecourt.com/fix/term-limits/
"The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior…”
"– U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section I
"When our founding fathers gave Supreme Court justices life tenure on the bench, the goal was to shield those serving on the court from the political pressures of the day.
"Today’s justices, however, are polarized along partisan lines in a way that mirrors our other broken and gridlocked political institutions.
"Though the court’s most contentious decisions used to be unanimous, or nearly so, due to months or even years of consensus building, the percentage of 5-4 rulings under Chief Justice Roberts is at or near an all-time high.
"From health care to religious liberties to gun rights to business regulations, these one-vote margin decisions tend to be on the toughest and most divisive issues facing the nation."
When SCOTUS came into existence, political parties had a fraction of their current degree of political polarization.
The concept of checks and balances worked as the framers' intended. Today most Republicans AND Democrats first loyalty is to their party instead of the country's Basic Law.
https://fixthecourt.com/fix/term-limits/
"The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior…”
"– U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section I
"When our founding fathers gave Supreme Court justices life tenure on the bench, the goal was to shield those serving on the court from the political pressures of the day.
"Today’s justices, however, are polarized along partisan lines in a way that mirrors our other broken and gridlocked political institutions.
"Though the court’s most contentious decisions used to be unanimous, or nearly so, due to months or even years of consensus building, the percentage of 5-4 rulings under Chief Justice Roberts is at or near an all-time high.
"From health care to religious liberties to gun rights to business regulations, these one-vote margin decisions tend to be on the toughest and most divisive issues facing the nation."
