You said, "The judiciary exists because there needs to be a branch that is free from the corruptive influences that political pandering and lobbying "
The point is that they are not free of political pandering, and that that is their legacy for a century and a half IF NOT LONGER.
Let's admit the mistake, and set about recognizing it as the political office it is.....AND ELECT the justices.
That way we can can the bad ones and only suffer under them for no more than 6 years (depending on the term enacted.)
If there were popular outrage enough against the decisions of the court, then the congress could impeach them. There certainly is not enough support to change the entire process if there isn't support to impeach the offending judges in the recent cases.