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[–] ForensicFungineer 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
I'm adamantly for the ruling today, and adamantly opposed to just about anything that snakes out of Cruz' mouth, but this isn't a terrible idea. I think it should be a long duration for a SCOTUS appointment, but any appointment "for life" really weirds me out.
[–] pm_me_firearms 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
He also voted against the fast tracking of the TPP. Say what you will, but he isn't totally evil.
[–] Xomthusiast [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yup. There are good reasons to disconnect federal judges from the immediate whims of the electorate, but it's clear that completely isolating them from oversight produces bad results.
[–] didntsayeeeee ago
Why not just give them a single long term with no possibility of keeping the job at the end? Here's a twenty-year contract, see you at retirement. Or maybe fifteen.