A LOT OF TALK THIS MORNING about calls to "reform" #SCotUS.
Both Rep. Ro Khanna on #FnS and Sen. Corey Booker on #MtP called for "expanding the court" & "term limits" (Khanna went even further, limiting every prez to "2 appointments"… leaving a vacancy to the next prez if they already got their two.) 🤦♂️ 😒
NO NO NO NO.
There IS a way to reform the court w/o resorting to likely unconstitutional modifications sure to be challenged by the #GOP:
But this is still expanding the Court.
In any case, critically, this undermines one of the major roles of the Supreme Court: predictability.
If the random choice would change outcomes (or else why do it?) then the legal system would lose determinism that it relies on.
The justices of the court try to present coherent philosophies to guide the US legal system. This undermines that.
Really, the low hanging fruit of Court reform involves its interaction with the public since so many are completely wrong about what they actually rule. That's the first thing they need to address or else politicians will continue exploiting misunderstandings for political gain.
@volkris
I fully dispute "predictability" is an asset or exists at all.
If the outcome is "predictable", why bother having a #SCotUS at all? And a Justice suddenly passing away or resigning at any time is quite unpredictable.
Older Justices resigning just before a preferred Potus leaves office just to give them a seat to fill for the next 40 years is "manipulation". And what the #GOP did to #MarrickGarland vs #AmyComeyBryant was nothing short of "gaming" the Court.
Randomization would HELP.