Bingo: How To Fix the Supreme Court
Editorial of The New York Sun |
May 2, 2021 |
https://www.nysun.com/editorials/bingo-how-to-fix-the-supreme-court/91496/
The latest news about the Supreme Court is that most Americans want to end lifetime appointments for the justices. Thats the finding of a new Ipsos poll for Reuters. The poll discovered that 63% of adults support term or age limits for Supreme Court justices. Only 22% say they oppose any limits. Fewer than half favor other reforms, though President Bidens court commission might change that.
This strikes us as a moment for us constitutional fundamentalists to do some creative thinking. We ourselves have always favored lifetime appointments for the Supreme Court and other federal benches. The Founders ordained that judges get to serve during good behavior. Yet we wouldnt be averse to amending the parchment keeping lifetime appointments but setting a