Aunt Crabby #3:

[applegrove]

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[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R...nt

[questionseverything]

2. It's our only hope

[TygrBright]

3. This has always made perfect sense to me.

Organizationally, it works. Each Justice's staff should have a specific administrative responsibility related to one of the circuits.

This might also make it easier to track and follow cases through the system, increasing transparency and trust.

If you know which circuit elevated a case, you would know the staff to which you should direct your enquiries.

Of course, it probably makes too much sense for the institution.

cynically,
Bright

[Journeyman]

4. I fear we'll dither until Republicans regain enough of the government to implement this change . . .

[lame54]

9. Along with killing the filibuster

[Wednesdays]

5. If we pick up a couple more senators in the midterms, it could be done

But it can't be done now, because we can't get 50 senators to support it.

[suncat]

6. Any news on the committee

Pres. Biden put in place to study the supreme court situation?

[in2herbs]

13. The day the draft opinion came out I remember seeing a short clip of POTUS and as if

uttering an off-handed comment in response to a reporter's question as to what his office would do if the opinion sticks, I think I heard him saying that the court (USSC) should remember that 9 is not a magic number.

Let's hope that's POTUS is just waiting for a formal opinion before expanding the court. POTUS needs to do something before November.

[suncat]

14. Thanks...that's good to hear,

let's hope it goes our way...ie, more justices.

[FakeNoose]

7. 13 could be our lucky number

[RustyWheels]

8. Expanding on that rationale

Then add Supreme Court term-limits, based on a 13 year "tour of duty" for a judge from each of the circuit courts.

- The President nominates, and the Senate confirms the Judges to the 13 circuit courts
- The Judges on the circuit courts have life-time appointments - same as the SC
- The President nominates a sitting circuit judge from the designated circuit court each year to serve on the SC
- Current SC Judges would be replaced based on current length of SC service
(i.e. the judge with the longest tenure would be the first one to be replaced )
- After servicing on the SC, the Judge would have the option to continue to serve on the circuit court, or retire
- If the SC Judge decides to retire, the President nominates a new judge to the circuit court

[LT Barclay]

12. This is one of the best/most interesting proposals I have seen.

I think there is too much focus on centralization and viewing those at the center i.e., in this case D.C. as being "higher" or more important.
I'm also thinking about other federal agencies that would serve the public better by more focus on decentralized structure. My example is always the one I know USCG. Many times, there is a game of telephone anytime there is a decision to be made (field to district, to area, to HQ). I say if it takes a flag officer to make a decision, put them in the field. Then give them a decent staff for each of the mission areas, with consistent funding and a written charter. Then hands off, but heads should roll if there is a failure to fulfill the mission.

[calimary]

18. But it should also impose term limits on judges and justices.

This lifetime-appointment shit is just that: shit.

[LT Barclay]

19. It was supposed to insulate them from partisanship, that was a major fail.

[ShazzieB]

10. Yes, yes, yes!thanks

I could not agree more. This SO needs to happen!

[Lonestarblue]

11. I've been arguing this for years, along with reorganizing the circuit courts.

Population shifts mean that some circuits serve very large populations while others do not. They should be better balanced so that it dies not take five years or more to get a case through appeals. If necessary, create new circuit courts. It’s been decades since the circuit courts were set at 13, and we now have millions more in population.

[Blue Owl]

15. Executive Fucking Order time

Just do it, Joe! You could appoint 4 and once again outshine Fat Donny....

[Martin68]

16. I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing. Let's do it! Add 4 liberal justices to the court before the

Trumpists turn us into an authoritarian theocracy.

[colorado_ufo]

17. And just to polish the apple,

this country had 13 original colonies. Check the flag stripes.