SCOTUS decisions should require unanimity

[intrepidity]

FFS, it's bad enough that only 9 Americans are empowered the way they are, but FFS then at least require that those 9 must agree!!

[ITAL]

1. That might cause more problems than it'd solve

Then a crazed District Court (say Kacsmaryk), that is even to the right of the Supreme Court, would never get decisions overturned.

[intrepidity]

4. Disagree.nt

[ITAL]

7. What happens if....

Remember almost no decision that gets to the Supreme Court is easy. What happens if (as often does) one Circuit Court comes to one decision and the other comes to a different. If the Supreme Court split...then you'd have a handful of states where one rule existed and another where the opposite does. I mean, sure I guess that already happens for some issues (abortion for instance), but then we'd have it happen way more often and it would likely create even more regional division.

[intrepidity]

9. If this were the requirement,

then I suspect only very moderate justices would ever get appointed/approved in anticipstion of this very thing. That's the point.

[ITAL]

10. Even moderates can disagree

I'm not necessarily talking 5-4 or 6-3 split along clear Ideological line decisions. One judge taking an opposite view on one thing, another on another issue...we get a lot of 8-1 or 7-2 mixed votes and they don't come out with the final word on much.

[pwb]

2. Remand things back to Congress

instead of dismantling America.

[Think. Again.]

3. I suspect that it doesn't matter anymore.

[brooklynite]

5. So, no marriage equality ruling?

[intrepidity]

6. Many things would be different if unanimity were required

Namely, demagogues would *not* be on the court in the first place!

[Cattledog]

8. Congress could pass a law requiring that.

Saying only unanimous decisions are valid split decisions can not be enforced.

[kelly1mm]

11. So no Brown v BOE? No original Roe v Wade? No Obergfell? I don't think you thought this through ... nt

[beaglelover]

12. No thanks. That would reverse so much progress that has occurred via USSC decisions.