Posted on 10/07/2018 6:13:43 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Just another example of how the left only likes the rules that benefit them, majority be dammed.
I thought the judiciary implementation was left to Congress in the constitution and they made up the size and terms of service for the federal courts.
So no constitutional amendment required.
No one is buying this. And it’s rich given FDR intentionally tried to pack the court.
They aren’t getting a constitutional amendment on this..
Any anyone buying into this was already voting D anyway.. non starter in terms of driving any election improvements for D’s.
The left plays the long game.
They know 20 or 30 years from now they will have browned out the white population of America enough to give them total control.
Credibility is subjective; it is in the eyes of the beholder. It is not the same thing as evidence or facts.
But there is no convincing Democrats of this. Just like with global warming, they believe it and no amount of contradictory scientific evidence will ever change their minds.
Once a Democrat fixates on a talking point it becomes an irrefutable truth.
Term limits is a bad idea...
Age limits is a much better idea for both the SCOTUS and Congress...
75 seems like a nice ripe age to pass the torch for both institutions...
Term limits for the SC? Maybe. Mandatory retirement age, definitely.
Look for it to be part of the Democrat party platform in 2020. The crazies are taking over that party. Socialism has a higher approval rating among Democrats than capitalism.
SECTION 1: No person may serve as Chief Justice or Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for more than a combined total of twelve years.
SECTION 2: Immediately upon ratification of this Amendment, Congress will organize the justices of the Supreme Court as equally as possible into three classes, with the justices assigned to each class in reverse seniority order, with the most senior justices in the earliest classes. The terms of office for the justices in the First Class will expire at the end of the fourth Year following the ratification of this Amendment, the terms for the justices of the Second Class will expire at the end of the eighth Year, and of the Third Class at the end of the twelfth Year, so that one-third of the justices may be chosen every fourth Year.
SECTION 3: When a vacancy occurs in the Supreme Court, the President shall nominate a new justice who, with the approval of a majority of the Senate, shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Justices who fill a vacancy for longer than half of an unexpired term may not be renominated to a full term.
SECTION 4: Upon three-fifths vote of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Congress may override a majority opinion rendered by the Supreme Court.
SECTION 5: The Congressional override under Section 4 is not subject to a Presidential veto and shall not be the subject of litigation or review in any Federal or State court.
SECTION 6: Upon three-fifths vote of the several state legislatures, the States may override a majority opinion rendered by the Supreme Court.
SECTION 7: The States’ override under Section 6 shall not be the subject of litigation or review in any Federal or State court, or oversight or interference by Congress or the President.
SECTION 8: Congressional or State override authority under Sections 4 and 6 must be exercised no later than twenty-four months from the date of the Supreme Court rendering its majority opinion, after which date Congress and the States are prohibited” from exercising the override.
“Dems believe they will win in 2020. They want to let non-citizens vote and have the Supreme Court approve it.”
Have the Supreme Court approve it? That’s so funny, considering Trump’s two appointments. And by 2020 there might be three Trump appointments.
Wouldn’t it be funny if the Democrats actually tried to do this and it it wound up in the Supreme Court and Kavannah was the deciding judge to defeat it!
I indepentently thought up this:
Those Who Oppose Kavanaugh Ought to Support Liberty Amendments
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3694355/posts
[My sinister cape may be long, but please don’t think I’m part of a cabal. I just want to highlight Liberty Amendments and offer the left something reasonable.]
More ripples from the epicenter of a lost cause.
As much as they thought through eliminating the filibuster for court appointments. :)
Thank you, AndyTheBear!
We no longer need trust any lifelong oligarch. I think Thomas Jefferson would approve.
I see lots of agreement withTerm Limits, here.
Term Limits is an absolutely TERRIBLE idea, and a placebo for the Right.
You are BANKING on them all being corrupt with Term Limits! And you’ve done NOTHING to remove the corrupting influences, so that is all you are going to get.
The Constitution of the United States was written by certifiable Geniuses, especially when viewed in light of the mental midgetry of the attempts to “fix” it, since its authorship.
Size, yes. Congress controls the size.
Terms, no. The constitution sets them for all federal judges as “during good behaviour” which we interpret as “life unless they are impeached and removed”.
‘Mandatory retirement age, definitely.’
No way. Arbitrary laws can’t keep up with technology and health care advances.
The constitution sets them for all federal judges as “during good behaviour” which we interpret as “life unless they are impeached and removed”.
That’s the problem — leftist professors convinced all of their students that you can be removed for spitting too much, but not for being a creepy anti-constitutional tyrant.
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