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.
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.