ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoA President Harris might not get any Supreme Court picks – Biden proposes term limits to make sure all future presidents get two.theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down112
arrow-up1401arrow-down1external-linkA President Harris might not get any Supreme Court picks – Biden proposes term limits to make sure all future presidents get two.theconversation.comModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoI like your idea, but I think they’d manage to corrupt it somehow. Like picking jury members, they’d want a say over which judges get the case because politics, not because justice or impartiality.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoExactly. Appellants would separately escalate a dozen similar cases, and only proceed with those cases that draw a favorable panel.
I like your idea, but I think they’d manage to corrupt it somehow. Like picking jury members, they’d want a say over which judges get the case because politics, not because justice or impartiality.
Exactly. Appellants would separately escalate a dozen similar cases, and only proceed with those cases that draw a favorable panel.