This is false. Any president in US has the power to do this and in a proper democracy no president should have the power to meddle with the justice system. Sepaeatipn of power and all that.
It was sorta expected they would be highly qualified senior judges, so you have like 20 25 years, not grabbing law school grads that can sit for 50 years. I would support 20 year term, the point is that they should be less sensitive to politics.
There’s a very good book, The Founders’ Coup, that discusses exactly how much of the US Constitution was designed purposefully to remove democracy. And while that had one expression in the 18th century (rich land and slaveowners), in the 21st century it’s just oligarchy when you remove democratic constraints.
This is false. Any president in US has the power to do this and in a proper democracy no president should have the power to meddle with the justice system. Sepaeatipn of power and all that.
“in a proper democracy, power should be vested in lifetime appointments to the court that cannot be changed by later elections”
It was sorta expected they would be highly qualified senior judges, so you have like 20 25 years, not grabbing law school grads that can sit for 50 years. I would support 20 year term, the point is that they should be less sensitive to politics.
How’s that working out in practice?
Like everything else that relies on self restraint and toothless norms
Exactly.
There’s a very good book, The Founders’ Coup, that discusses exactly how much of the US Constitution was designed purposefully to remove democracy. And while that had one expression in the 18th century (rich land and slaveowners), in the 21st century it’s just oligarchy when you remove democratic constraints.