Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post - this is why it should be easy to remove a sitting judge

Rekna · 04-06-2007, 02:42 PM

dc my faith in the integrity of the supreme court is not absolute. The members of the supreme court are appointed by a politicized figure and as such their appointments many times hinge on their feelings on a certain case. The problem I see is that with only 9 judges it would be fairly easy for the court to be stacked against something. This is evident in the recent appointments in which people were appointed based on their political stance and not on their merits. People see the supreme court as a way to further their political agenda and that is dangerous.

I would feel much more comfortable with the supreme court if it had 19 judges or if their was an ability for the public to check them if it was needed. With a larger number of justices it would be much harder for the bench to be stacked.

04-06-2007, 02:42 PM	#24 (permalink)
Rekna Junkie	dc my faith in the integrity of the supreme court is not absolute. The members of the supreme court are appointed by a politicized figure and as such their appointments many times hinge on their feelings on a certain case. The problem I see is that with only 9 judges it would be fairly easy for the court to be stacked against something. This is evident in the recent appointments in which people were appointed based on their political stance and not on their merits. People see the supreme court as a way to further their political agenda and that is dangerous. I would feel much more comfortable with the supreme court if it had 19 judges or if their was an ability for the public to check them if it was needed. With a larger number of justices it would be much harder for the bench to be stacked.