Think about this for a moment...

[Beachnutt]

[Frasier Balzov]

1. Were they confirmed by gullible Democrats?

[nakocal]

6. Judicial committee passed on party line vote

I believe that Manchin may be the only Democrat to vote for confirmation.

[whopis01]

28. Manchin, Donnelly and Heitkamp voted for Gorsuch.

Machin voted for Kavanaugh.
No Democrats voted for Barrett.

[rubbersole]

2. Appointed by a Russian asset.

What could go wrong?

[Beachnutt]

3. All TRE45ON Appointees should be recalled

or impeached.

[BOSSHOG]

4. I suggest that President Biden ask

Any Supreme Court Justices who lied in their confirmation hearings to voluntarily resign. And then let that conversation unfurl. And if any “assets” die while a special master is at work, “judge” cannon should be tried for treason. It really is a bitch when you have no integrity but so many around you do.

[NJCher]

21. the low point

I think there will come a time when public opinion of traitor trump sinks so low that this might very well be possible:

Any Supreme Court Justices who lied in their confirmation hearings to voluntarily resign.

We know that point is coming because every day gets worse for trump (and for the U.S. security).

Not to mention that tremendous backlash because of Dobbs.

[Joinfortmill]

27. I like that

[KS Toronado]

38. Excellent idea!

From your keyboard to Biden's ears hopefully.

[HillbillyDaoist]

41. Great idea!!!

[Handler]

23. I absolutely agree . They are the fruit of the poison tree.

[Pepsidog]

5. Dems win control then they pass The SCOTUS Deficit Reduction Act that funds SC for only 6 justices.

The last 3 selected justices get RIF notices. Follow that by the Make SCOTUS Great Act and restore funding for 3 more justices selected by Dem controlled press and senate. Thought there was a sarcasm emoji somewhere but couldn’t find it.

[onenote]

17. In case folks don't realize your post was sarcastic:

Article III, Section 1:

The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

[Ligyron]

31. Killjoy

Lol

[Hermit-The-Prog]

40. Mockalito fails: "shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour".

[gab13by13]

7. They were picked by Leonard Leo.

[rubbersole]

12. The most powerful man in DC.

Now the asshole has $1.6bln of untaxed dark money he can make even darker. What could go wrong?

[Warpy]

8. The only remedy is to expand the court to 13 seats

reflecting the number of Federal District Courts. Right now, 4 justices are doubled up on ovwersight of these courts and that's not right.

There is no constitutional remedy to oust crackpot justices appointed by crooks. Expanding the court is an easy remedy although Republicans will squall their fool heads off. Nothing has set the limit of 9 justices into stone except a tradition that has long outlived its usefulness. And tradition, as we know, is peer pressure from dead people.

[Beachnutt]

10. ☝️100%

[mwooldri]

20. I'd argue not the only remedy.

I'd argue for mandatory retirement age across the federal judiciary. Say, 70. Give existing judges 1 year to retire for all those above 70.

This dispatches Alito and Thomas. Sotomayor would be close to retiring too, with a retirement age of 70.

Could also argue for 75.

[Wounded Bear]

22. Requires a Constitutional amendment...

why do we have to keep reminding people of this?

[Warpy]

30. I might argue for a minimum age of 55

to disallow people in their 40s who haven't got the experience required to do on the job training and poison the court for 30 years.

A retirement age of 75 is good, too. I've known people who were sharp as tacks into their late 80s, but they are a minority. People start to fade in their 70s as nerve conduction slows down and the warranty of individual body parts starts to expire.

These will help in the long term, but we need more immediate relief from these unelected extremists trying to force their religious dogma onto us from the bench. Expanding the court is the only way.

[Handler]

24. Agreed. So what if the republicans increase it again the more the better. The group now would not

hesitate bringing the democracy down.

[2naSalit]

9. In due time.

Nothing can be done if we done improve our majority in the House and Senate THIS YEAR.

[3catwoman3]

11. If this whole mess comes to the conclusion that it should, everything that Trump...

..."accomplished" during his time in office should be negated/thrown out/overturned. All the justices and judges and their decisions, the tax cuts for the rich, etc, etc, etc. And furthermore, his portrait should never be allowed to hang in the White House.

[onenote]

18. Would that include the budgets that were signed? The pay raise given government employees in 2018?

Not a particularly practical (or legal ) proposal.

[soldierant]

13. I would actually leave Gorsuch be.

Yes, I despise everything he believes - with one exception. He consistently defends the rights of Native Americans.

If we can just get rid of enough other fascists., defending natives is a valuable asset.

[Blue Owl]

14. K and fucking R

I am enraged that FF45 — the LEAST qualified, LEAST presidential, LEAST moral, LEAST intelligent, and LEAST patriotic leader this country has ever seen, had any business appointing any so-called “justices”.

tRump is as crooked as they come and his cronies have infested our judicial system like termites.

[Justice matters.]

15. The Federalist Society should be declared a terrorist organization.

Plain and simple.

https://fedsoc.org/about-us

They plot to overthrow democracy.

[LittleGirl]

37. Bingo! Start there. nt

[CaptainTruth]

16. Nominated, not appointed.

If presidents could "appoint" SCOTUS judges then Obama would have appointed Merrick Garland & he would be on the bench today... right?

And yes, I understand that some folks here don't like it when I point out details like this... I just always want to be accurate & factual & correct, even though I sometimes get hurtful blowback for it. My commitment is to accuracy & truth.

[Kaleva]

36. The president first nominates and then appoints

with the advice and consent of the Senate.

[CaptainTruth]

43. Right, so it's not just a matter of "appointing," which was my entire point.

I know I often don't choose the right words (or enough words) to precisely convey what I mean. Ironic for someone who was an English Honors student in college, right? Chalk it up to running my own business which keeps me way too busy juggling multiple jobs & customer communications at any given time.

[Kaleva]

44. Yes. The president can only appoint after the Senate approves.

[DeeDeeNY]

19. One-half of them were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote

It’s time to re-think the electoral college

[Joinfortmill]

25. Yup. At least 2 need to go.

[liberal N proud]

29. And one of them at least committed perjury to get through nominations

[Martin68]

32. While we're at it, we might want to talk about the circumstances of their nomination and

confirmation, and who else was denied that opportunity by the party with a Senate majority.

[onetexan]

33. THIS!!

[calimary]

34. Yep. Vermin, one and all. Appointed by The Vermin-in-Chief.

[Kaleva]

35. A president can only appoint with the consent of the Senate

[dchill]

39. Just a kick.

[Evolve Dammit]

42. And conspiracy and sedition....