• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    10 days ago

    I used to believe that we needed to add 4 seats to SCOTUS, but I no longer believe that. Now I believe that we should expand SCOTUS to 29 seats.

    No bad faith president should be able to rig the court and affect policy for next 50 years. Having a 29 seat court, with rolling term limits, allows every President to appoint a few seats, but not enough to change the overall composition and direction of the court. It would allow America to stay on a steady path into the future, making it difficult for our society to take wild swings in policy and culture.

    Our allies, and those we make treaties with, will appreciate it as well. They shouldn’t have to worry that every four years, all their work and negotiations were for nothing.

    • Maiq@piefed.social
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      10 days ago

      We also need a citizens vote of no conference as a means of defense against corruption in every branch of state and federal government.

      • blueduck@piefed.social
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        10 days ago

        Yeah we should have a no confidence vote regularly. Maybe every 2 years for Congress and every 4 for the President