Let's end the circus: amend the constitution such that each supreme court justice serves for 18 years; two are appointed in each presidential term. https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2018/6/27/17511030/supreme-court-term-limits-retirement …https://twitter.com/FukuyamaFrancis/status/1044650556046766080 …
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How is it meaningfully different from playing the which of these old people will die next game?
It's different because the president's appointee must get approved by a bipartisan legislative branch, so they're incentivized to pick someone who won't be too controversial. Remove that balance, and they might as well pick someone super extreme.
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Why would we have to change the approval process? Am I missing something?
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