Senate Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday to place term limits on Supreme Court justices, reigniting debate around the issue championed by Democrats in the House and the Senate.
I mean I definitely get their reasoning behind it. I’m just saying that I don’t understand how they didn’t realize lifetime appointments could lead to some really shitty consequences if the wrong people were put in power.
Like, they set term limits for everything else because they saw the absolute shitfest what having a lifetime-appointed official could have with the king, but they didn’t think about the possibility of the supreme court getting filled with people who were just as, if not more, awful?
250 years ago, men in positions of power were expected to adhere to a minimum public standard or remove themselves out of honor. This is something the current Republican party doesn’t care at all about so the system is breaking down.
Not to mention, the only people eligible to vote were rich landowners that could delegate daily “work”, so they had the time and were expected to stay up to date on politics. It was essentially required of their position in society.
250 years ago, men in positions of power were expected to adhere to a minimum public standard or remove themselves out of honor.
I feel like impropriety isn’t a new problem. For example in 1787 we had to remove senator William Blount for trying to get Britain to invade Florida in a land speculation scheme. This is more so just recency bias.
I mean I definitely get their reasoning behind it. I’m just saying that I don’t understand how they didn’t realize lifetime appointments could lead to some really shitty consequences if the wrong people were put in power.
Like, they set term limits for everything else because they saw the absolute shitfest what having a lifetime-appointed official could have with the king, but they didn’t think about the possibility of the supreme court getting filled with people who were just as, if not more, awful?
Just seems like a major oversight
I suppose they thought the vetting process and confirmation hearings would be enough.
They were wrong.
250 years ago, men in positions of power were expected to adhere to a minimum public standard or remove themselves out of honor. This is something the current Republican party doesn’t care at all about so the system is breaking down.
Not to mention, the only people eligible to vote were rich landowners that could delegate daily “work”, so they had the time and were expected to stay up to date on politics. It was essentially required of their position in society.
I feel like impropriety isn’t a new problem. For example in 1787 we had to remove senator William Blount for trying to get Britain to invade Florida in a land speculation scheme. This is more so just recency bias.