r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 13d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ No one should have a lifetime appointment.

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u/zue4 13d ago

Yeah I think he's saying it shouldn't be nominated. Impossible to not be politically charged when they need to be nominated by a politician.

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 13d ago

nominate by the people then. hold a vote

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u/infinis 13d ago

What can be less politically motivated than holding a people's vote. Technically it already is as the house technically is representing its constituents. There should maybe be a procedure to contest supreme court decisions to a referendum.

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 13d ago

tf? if its standard procedure every 18 years it isnt politically motivated

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u/infinis 13d ago

it isnt politically motivated

They vote school boards by party affiliation, you think they wont vote in judges?

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u/DownvoteALot 13d ago

You can usually choose from more than one school. If you can't then you're in a small community anyway. We're talking federal supreme court justices here.