1) Judges would have to establish residency in the federal judicial circuit they represent for at least 1 year prior to the election.
2) Judges would have to be between the ages of 35 and 75 to be eligible to serve on SCOTUS.
3) Judges could be elected to no more than three 10-year terms on the court, or until they reach the age of 75 (whichever comes first)
4) No person that has been disbarred or removed from a judicial position by impeachment would be eligible.
Of course, to get the Constitutional amendment to pass, you'd have to make the existing SCOTUS judges exempt from these rules (which sadly means that Ruth Bader Ginsburg wouldn't be tossed off the court even though she's pushing 80). But once they died or retired, you wouldn't see more Souters or Stevens make it onto the bench.
BB,
Your concept is BRILLIANT!!! I LOVE IT!!!
It’s a sensible and quite honestly, needed change to “the living document” that the Constitution is, right? Let’s see what the liberal objections wold be to your proposal, for example.
Two thumbs up!
BB,
Your concept is BRILLIANT!!! I LOVE IT!!!
It’s a sensible and quite honestly, needed change to “the living document” that the Constitution is, right? Let’s see what the liberal objections would be to your proposal, for example.
Two thumbs up!