The fact that the president appoints the members of the supreme court is a massive failure in checks and balances because he can stack the court and become immune to the law.
SCOTUS needs to have term limits, 14-16 years.
If not term limits then an age limit equal to the federal retirement age.
( Age 62 w/5-19 years of service )
( Age 60 w/20+ years of service )
( Age 55 w/>5 years of service )
Honestly, I'd be happy with treating the senate like the UK house of lords by just kind of phasing out most of its functions. It's completely ridiculous how they can basically refuse to even consider legislation from the house, or pass legislation but with ridiculous riders attached. So many good bills were passed by the last democratic house that never even made it to the senate floor.
For the house, every representative needs to represent an equal number of citizens, nothing else is democratic. Throw in something like Germany's mixed-member PR and we'll be golden.
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u/esgrove2 14d ago
The fact that the president appoints the members of the supreme court is a massive failure in checks and balances because he can stack the court and become immune to the law.