Lawyers in Love
it’s a cute story, but it’s indicative of a real problem in the Supreme Court – everyone comes from the same schools and the same region of the country. We need to install term limits – 18 or 20 years – and each justice needs to represent a geographic region of the country. I’d like to see it expand to 13 – not because of court packing, but so that each District Court can have a representative on the Supreme Court. We are a diverse country, and our highest court needs to have experience and philosophies from places other than the Northeast.
ETA: I just read they both went to Stanford. So I may be dumb, but I still think they need more regional diversity on the Court, and I don’t like it that two sitting justices went to school together. But sorry for being ignorant about their backgrounds.
Neither O’Connor nor Rehnquist had much to do with the north-east.
Examples aside, I agree with your larger point.
Funny, I don’t think anecdotes of Barf’s youthful quests will wear as well in time. The stench is already pretty odious.
Remember the weird robes with epaulettes that William Rhenquist chose to wear for the bullshit political theater Clinton Impeachment? Sort of like Ryan Zinke flying his personal flag when he is at his office.
Agree with the first, really, really, agree, but the rest - sorry dude, nope. I don’t know why “There oughta be a law!” is the answer to so many problems where the solution is already in place.
The whole deal with the Constitution is that it tries to make both the President and the Senate both responsible for deciding who goes on the court. Theoretically, all those offices are susceptible to electoral pressure due to their choices; but, in any case, these are the same people who nominate and fill the places on the District Courts.
On top of that, and Harriet Miers aside, limiting potential Justices to persons currently serving on District Courts means excluding people like Obama, who (potentially, in theory) would make outstanding Justices. Not to mention folks like Elena Kagan, whose nomination to the DC District Court was successfully blocked by Orrin Hatch.
The GOP is already moving down the food chain to keep to pool of potential nominees as small as possible for future Democrats… Limiting their choices even further doesn’t seem like a good move.
Well, Trump’s two picks went to that same second tier DC prep school. Go figure!
Make the Court into a 13 Justice one. Make it clear to the GOP that stealing Supreme Court seats has consequences. That’s simple justice.