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I really appreciate that this article repeatedly drives home the simple fact that this court is corrupt.

This isn't simply an ideological dispute. Roberts, Alito and Thomas, most notably, are corrupt traitors who are actively and repeatedly violating their oaths of office and every ethical standard they're sworn to uphold. They've gone so far in ruling contrary to law, precedent and even the Constitution that at this point they don't even bother trying to explain, much less justify, their rulings. They just issue them.

Personally, I think they are the most egregiously destructive criminals in this administration - they, even more than Trump and his handlers and lackeys and sycophants, are responsible for the fact that the United States is accelerating into autocracy, because their job is to ensure that the federal government stays within the bounds of existing law and of the Constitution, and they have willfully refused to do that job.

Every single brazenly illegal and destructive thing the Trump regime is doing it's doing because the supreme court has refused to honor its commitment to truth and the rule of law, and that in turn because the conservative justices are entirely corrupt and compromised.

And exactly as noted, something must be done. If those corrupt traitors are allowed to continue operating as they have, then anything anyone who wants to save this country from autocracy might do will be for naught, because those corrupt traitors will just arbitrarily rule against them and in favor of the autocrats, entirely regardless of law, precedent or the Constitution. That cannot last - it must be stopped.

Lifetime appointments should be illegal.

Nobody should be paying their debts or vacations. That should be illegal and judges must be removed from the court during any corruption investigation.

Narrator: They won't.

The court should be expanded to 13 seats.

The entire framework of power needs to be reviewed and amendments created to deal with the corrupting influence of money in politics. We should not be where we are.

While I agree with the principle and spirit, I feel like the Dems should be fighting to preserve and restore the voting rights that are being shredded wholesale before pursuing unicorn fantasies like this.

Should have, could have, would have. But didn't and it's probably too late.

If they ever get the chance to rectify the problem, I won't be surprised if the again pass it up in the name of decorum.

Biden wouldn't do it, because his handling of the Anita Hill investigation is why Clarence got his seat in the first place

When Biden lamented about "the good ole days" of politics, the Republicans liked him because he did shit like push their anti-american SC picks thru.

When he was no longer useful to Republicans and their masters, he was discarded and legitimately never understood he's been taken advantage of his entire career, or he was in on it the whole time and still laughing at Dem voters behind closed doors.

Either Biden was/is an idiot, or he's been working against his voters intentionally for generations.

A live look at Democrats championing it:

Oh please. It’s over, people. There’s no “championing” anything. The only options for survival is removing them all

Assuming that the America we knew dies and is replaced entirely, I think that it should have an expanded National Court that has 21 justices. The nation itself divided into four major regions, with each region assigning 4 justices for 10 year terms. 16 judges so far. Each region also has a president, who picks a former Regional Justice, who serves until their associated president has left office. 20 justices. The four Regional Presidents also vote for a Figurehead President from retired presidents, who can only serve one term to represent the nation as a whole. This president chooses a retired National justice as a tie breaker when the National Court is stymied, and to write up the overall opinion of the court.

21 justices. 16 serve for 10 years, 4 up to 8, and 1 for only 4 years.

This prevents any one faction from being able to pack the courts, and keeps them relevant to the general populations by replacing them within a decade.

While I would be in favor of reforming the Court in a variety of ways, if this is meant to be a practical suggestion then any discussion would have to be limited to actions that wouldn't require a constitutional amendment. There is simply no way you will get 2/3 majorities in both houses and 3/4 of the states to all agree on something which is going to shift the balance of power. It would actually be easier to impeach the bad actors on the court, and even that's basically impossible without an unbelievably massive shift in the political landscape.

We can potentially change the number of justices, and we can probably make some meaningful changes to the laws and procedures surrounding the court, but getting rid of lifetime appointments isn't going to happen.

Democrats won't do anything to change it, they stay in power with dysfunction.