Supreme Court Justices

[Maxheader]

Should be elected by the voters...the position is too
important to be left to the sitting president...imho...

[onenote]

1. I can't imagine a worse idea.

[deminks]

2. Term limits might be a fix, so no prezinut gets more that one or two picks.

[EffieBlack]

5. We have term limits. They're called elections.

[EffieBlack]

3. Aw, Hell no

[Hoyt]

4. Forgetting the current Prez, voters do elect the person who has the power to nominate Justices,

as well as the Senators who approve. Obviously, it's not working very well right now unless one is a white winger. But, I wouldn't want Justices subject to the whims of voters and contributors.

[MineralMan]

6. That's a very bad idea. Trump got elected, remember?

[Maxheader]

8. The electorial college wouldn't be involved...

Popular vote only..

[MineralMan]

9. Still a horrible idea.

[Lee-Lee]

7. That's an absolutely horrible idea

[NCTraveler]

10. How would that work?

People enter to run?

[Maxheader]

11. Sure...qualified...

Letting the people decide who is to judge them rather
than the current lot of lobbyist owned politicos? I like
the idea more and more...

[NCTraveler]

12. That wouldn't work.

Qualifications are extremely limited.

Put Judge Adam Jones on the opposite side of a ticket with Steve Bannon and there is a good chance we will have Bannon as a SC justice.

[Maxheader]

13. Let them run as liberal or conservative judges

But of course they will pledge to ignore political prejudices
and judge per the law..
Let them be nominated from the ranks of existing judges at
all the different levels of govt. Let them campaign on their
records and in debate. Of course there is the chance of getting
some extremists, but they aren't in the capacity to push new
laws and create chaos in our society, ...like those in congress.
They rule on issues..rule is the key word here. Still like the idea.

[NCTraveler]

14. I don't think being a judge should be a qualification. Nt

[Maxheader]

16. I agree...

But the individual must understand the law..

[irisblue]

15. You'd need a Constitutional Convention to do that.

Way too many state legislatures are run by Republicans & there is a long term goal of the radical hard right to reopen one.

Too freaking dangerous.

[Maxheader]

17. The same machinary

that points to democrats for political posts can be used.
People declare they are going to run for a position...they
campaign for causes we liberals believe in...People would
decide whether the individual would make a good judge,
just like they favor any person for an elected position.

[standingtall]

18. I would prefer a constitutional amendment where a 60 votes threshold is required for confirmation

because that would force the congress to work together to ensure reasonable picks are considered. Both proposal would require a constitutional amendment which is nearly impossible in today's world.

[aikoaiko]

19. WTF?