[ExI] The Handmaid's Tale

[Anton Sherwood]

On 2020-9-26 10:06, Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat wrote:
> I'm guessing court-packing will be the way the Democrats can deal with
> this problem. Once that happens, though, then I think it'll be hard to
> stop each party from using it. The limit will be the need to control
> both houses of the Congress to carry it out. (Court-packing would
> probably have the effect of neutralizing the Supreme Court -- I mean
> neutralizing its supposed role of balancing against the other branches
> of the government.)

Court-packing is a problem that tries to solve another problem.
Here is a way to avoid both.
https://reason.com/2020/09/23/two-cheers-for-supreme-court-term-limits/

I don't think term limits a necessary element of the scheme; fixed 
periodic appointments go most of the way to solve the problem.
If increasing longevity makes the court awkwardly big, and the court 
itself cannot solve that problem (e.g. by drawing lots for which N 
members shall hear each case), then we can discuss a Constitutional 
Amendment to limit terms.

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