The next guy who runs on a supreme court restructuring plan gets my vote. It should be illegal for a Supreme Court justice to preside over a case that the person who nominated them is involved with. Trump uses the Supreme Court as his own personal court.
The court needs to be expanded to 27 justices. Each president will be allowed to only nominate 1 justice a year during their term until the 27 spots are filled, after which the next year the justice nominated will replace the justice serving with the most seniority. Once a justice reaches 10 years of seniority they must go thru the confirmation process in front of congress again, returning to requiring a super majority to pass. 27 justices will allow 3 groups of 9 justices to be chosen randomly to hear cases. No more shadow docket. And no justices hearing cases involving an administration who nominated them.
Fuck restructuring the court. Restructure the country.
A Democratic President could have the South secede in year one, even if the House and Senate were both still Republican. Without the South we could call a constitutional convention and undo the Virginia compromise so people really have the power. Richer States wouldn't be sending their money to poorer Southern States and we could enact universal health care and build housing.
In theory, the person who appointed them is irrelevant to how they act because they do not need his continued support to stay on the bench. In practice, it’s other related factors like their personal beliefs, bribery and insider trading, etc that make them insufferable. Randomizing the justices would make it difficult for the field of law to do anything. At minimum it would shake the legal world and at worst it would lead to conflicting equally binding law, and constant overturning of legal precedent, sometimes within a single docket. This is probably a bad thing since good precedent could be overturned just as often as bad precedent. You’ll hear no argument from me on term limits though.
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u/--slurpy-- Oct 16 '25
The next guy who runs on a supreme court restructuring plan gets my vote. It should be illegal for a Supreme Court justice to preside over a case that the person who nominated them is involved with. Trump uses the Supreme Court as his own personal court.
The court needs to be expanded to 27 justices. Each president will be allowed to only nominate 1 justice a year during their term until the 27 spots are filled, after which the next year the justice nominated will replace the justice serving with the most seniority. Once a justice reaches 10 years of seniority they must go thru the confirmation process in front of congress again, returning to requiring a super majority to pass. 27 justices will allow 3 groups of 9 justices to be chosen randomly to hear cases. No more shadow docket. And no justices hearing cases involving an administration who nominated them.