"The Supreme Court’s attacks on voting rights are about rigging elections for Republicans," said Rep. Greg Casar, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
For the unaware, the fifth circuit court is packed with the most conservative judges in the country. Packing it was part of the Southern Strategy, because it allows conservatives to appeal liberal laws and reliably get in front of a batshit crazy conservative judge. Pretty much every time you see some sort of “federal judge overturns liberal law” headline, it is from the fifth circuit.
Bingo. The biggest won the supreme Court ever got was the ability to pick and choose what they want to hear and when based on the idea that they only have so much time and so many justices.
Increase the justices and make any case seen by a random pool of justices so everything can be heard and you can’t shop for the justices you want to hear your case.
Triple the SC Justices. The current number selected as they are now, on a rotating plan of renewal/term limits.
Another set voted on by the voters, also on a rotation.
Another set chosen by the SC itself by super majoroty selection.
Which jidges hear which cases is a subset selected at random.
I prefer the idea of one SC Justice for each Federal Circuit, raised directly from the Circuit itself
The Fifth Circuit has entered the chat.
For the unaware, the fifth circuit court is packed with the most conservative judges in the country. Packing it was part of the Southern Strategy, because it allows conservatives to appeal liberal laws and reliably get in front of a batshit crazy conservative judge. Pretty much every time you see some sort of “federal judge overturns liberal law” headline, it is from the fifth circuit.
If they get to choose a set, and that set is able to be a part of future choosing then don’t you get locked into one side or the other again?
Yes.
Adding justices won’t help.
What WILL help is make all Bitch McConnell’s tactics for thwarting democrats selecting justices illegal.
Bingo. The biggest won the supreme Court ever got was the ability to pick and choose what they want to hear and when based on the idea that they only have so much time and so many justices.
Increase the justices and make any case seen by a random pool of justices so everything can be heard and you can’t shop for the justices you want to hear your case.
Why this and not just have them also voted on by the people or at least Congress?
This seems like something the founding fathers would’ve devised to protect against “mob rule”(actual democracy)