The Supreme Court is adopting its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices.
We would need an amendment to change the term, but we don’t need an amendment to remove the fixed size of the court.
We could keep the life term, and just nominate an additional justice in November of the first and third year of every presidential term, which is about as far away from the presidential and midterm elections as we can get. When a justice dies or resigns, we just don’t fill their seat. The size of the court increases with every appointment, and decreases with every death/resignation/impeachment.
Oh they can pass a constitutional amendment, it just won’t be about term limits for SCOTUS. It would be more like denying access to abortion, presidents serve for life, or some other Christian-Nationalist shit reasons.
At this point in history, an amendment stating that 11/13 is Chocolate Chip Cookie Day would be impossible. Literally nothing could be popular enough to get past this process:
“An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.”
That would require a constitutional amendment, which is a whole thing.
We would need an amendment to change the term, but we don’t need an amendment to remove the fixed size of the court.
We could keep the life term, and just nominate an additional justice in November of the first and third year of every presidential term, which is about as far away from the presidential and midterm elections as we can get. When a justice dies or resigns, we just don’t fill their seat. The size of the court increases with every appointment, and decreases with every death/resignation/impeachment.
I’m for making the court big. Make it inconsequential when one joins or leaves. Make it 100 and they can help 10x as many people a year.
And?
They can’t even pass a budget that should be an automatic process. You really think they can handle a constitutional amendment right now?
Oh they can pass a constitutional amendment, it just won’t be about term limits for SCOTUS. It would be more like denying access to abortion, presidents serve for life, or some other Christian-Nationalist shit reasons.
*christofascist also works
At this point in history, an amendment stating that 11/13 is Chocolate Chip Cookie Day would be impossible. Literally nothing could be popular enough to get past this process:
“An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.”