Buttigieg Showcases Plan to Revamp Supreme Court

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2019/06/03/buttigieg-showcases-plan-to-revamp-supreme-court/

Buttigieg Showcases Plan to Revamp Supreme Court
June 3, 2019 at 8:13 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

“As Democrats agonize over a spate of state laws restricting abortion rights and even a potential reversal of Roe v. Wade, one 2020 presidential candidate is putting an ambitious, long-shot plan to reform the Supreme Court front-and-center of his campaign,” NBC News reports.

“Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has talked about his plan to overhaul the high court since his first days as a candidate. In short, it calls for expanding the number of justices from nine to 15, with five affiliated with Democrats, five affiliated with Republicans, and five apolitical justices chosen by the first 10.”

“Supreme Court experts, though, have raised concerns about whether the proposal is constitutional, as well as whether it could backfire by reinforcing the perception that there are Republican and Democratic justices.”

ME: "...by reinforcing the perception that there are Republican and Democratic justices.” who's kidding who? Of course there are.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Roosevelt's court-packing plan was to increase chances that the New Deal would succeed...

...and that was the wrong reason to attempt it. Today, "Packing" would be better described as "balancing" the court, after unethical maneuvers by the present Senate Majority Leader.

[RedParrot]

2. Constitution is silent on number of SCOTUS justices

GOP has packed the courts, not just the Supreme Court, with extremist conservatives. Mayor Pete’s proposal merits discussion.

[Indygram]

3. This is a horrible idea

Judicial positions should not be for life. Supreme court judges should be elected by popular vote and serve for 8 year terms for up to 3 terms, subject to recall by voters if they go off the rails with radical and unpopular votes.

[babylonsister]

4. imo recall would never work; who would monitor that,

especially with all the divisions in this country?

[LuvNewcastle]

5. I don't think it would be constitutional to have justices chosen

by other justices. The Constitution lays out how justices are to be chosen and confirmed, and that doesn't change no matter how many people are added to the Court.