Bring the Justices Back to Earth!

Gerald · 04-10-12, 12:00 PM

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GIVEN the very real possibility that the Supreme Court will overturn the Affordable Care Act, liberals are concerned that the right-wing tilt of five justices and lifelong appointments ensure a decades-long assault on the power of Congress. This is especially likely given the relative youth of the bloc’s conservative members: an average of 66 years old, when the last 10 justices to retire did so at an average age of 78. The situation brings to mind a proposal voiced most prominently by Gov. Rick Perry during his run for the Republican presidential nomination: judicial term limits. The idea isn’t new. High-ranking judges in all major nations, and all 50 states, are subject to age or term limits. The power to invalidate legislation is, in a sense, the ultimate political power, and mortals who exercise it need constraint. So why not the highest court in the land?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/op...h.html?_r=1&hp

Note: Published: April 9, 2012/PAUL D. CARRINGTON

Schroeder · 04-10-12, 12:22 PM

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Welcome back.

Gerald · 04-10-12, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

It's alive!

Welcome back.

Thank you my friend .... not yet recovered from the accident but working on it,

Gargamel · 04-10-12, 01:19 PM

Vendor!

What accident?

Gerald · 04-10-12, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Vendor!

What accident?

Hello there,look at "The Comment Tread" little more explain there

Onkel Neal · 04-10-12, 04:03 PM

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Thank you my friend .... not yet recovered from the accident but working on it,

Welcome back!

Onkel Neal · 04-10-12, 04:06 PM

If the court had a liberal tilt, the conservatives would be screaming and the liberals would say everything is ok.

breadcatcher101 · 04-10-12, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

If the court had a liberal tilt, the conservatives would be screaming and the liberals would say everything is ok.

Hitting the nail on the head.

Gerald · 04-11-12, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

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Thanks Neal

Bubblehead1980 · 04-10-12, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/op...h.html?_r=1&hp

Note: Published: April 9, 2012/PAUL D. CARRINGTON

NY times has ZERO credibility anymore. Anyway, term and age limits for SCOTUS are not needed.I will never understand the heard mentality "Well other countries do it so we should also" NO! who cares what other countries are doing with their judiciaries? Far as an "assault" on the power of congress? No, tell congress to stop passing unconstitutional laws to suit their political agendas and the court will not have to do it's job and rule them unconstitutional. Congress has the power to pass laws, but they must be within the bounds of the constitution.

mookiemookie · 04-10-12, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

who cares what other countries are doing with their judiciaries?

Other countries like all 50 of the United States?

Platapus · 04-10-12, 02:50 PM

I order to have term limits for Justices, I believe it would require a change to the Constitution and fat chance of that happening these days.

nikimcbee · 04-10-12, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I order to have term limits for Justices, I believe it would require a change to the Constitution and fat chance of that happening these days.

I like your idea. I'd term limit everybody 1 term then you're out. I think that would get rid of a lot of corruption.

nikimcbee · 04-10-12, 03:37 PM

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I like your idea. I'd term limit everybody 1 term then you're out. I think that would get rid of a lot of corruption.

everybody= House, senate, prez.

Platapus · 04-10-12, 07:18 PM

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I like your idea. I'd term limit everybody 1 term then you're out. I think that would get rid of a lot of corruption.

I like the idea of term limits for voters.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,366 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I order to have term limits for Justices, I believe it would require a change to the Constitution and fat chance of that happening these days. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	If the court had a liberal tilt, the conservatives would be screaming and the liberals would say everything is ok.