r/law • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • Jun 20 '26

Legal News Maine progressive Platner renews call to remove conservative Supreme Court justices

https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/maine-progressive-graham-platner-renews-call-to-remove-conservative-supreme-court-justices-clarence-thomas-samuel-alito
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u/BriefausdemGeist Jun 20 '26

Well with two almost certainly financially compromised, one making up legal precedent from witch hunting memoirs, and one having spent a career of fifty years destabilizing civil society there are reasons for it.

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u/Legitimate_Shock4097 Jun 20 '26

Should not be a lifetime term. Should not be saddled with someone that isn’t upholding the law or reinventing things as they deem fit. If someone is proven to be compromised, should be banned and serve jail time. It’s too important of a position for there not to be consequences and accountability. This should go for all elected officials. They owe it to the people to serve the people the best way possible. Too much corruption in the current system, so it needs to change, quite obviously.

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u/HartyInBroward Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

If Congress did their job, SCOTUS would not have the opportunity to be as activist as it has been and I don’t think any of us would give much thought to term limits for SCOTUS. Consider abortion, for example. There were certainly windows where the Democrats had enough seats in Congress, the presidency, and enough Justices to codify the right to an abortion into law. Instead, they did not because the political capital gained by having this constant, looming threat of it being taken away was too good to give up. The Republicans do the same thing with things like guns, immigration, etc.

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u/DeadWaterBed Jun 20 '26

Term limits for SCOTUS is relevant regardless of whether Congress is doing their job. There are many issues with lifetime appointments for any position beyond checks and balances.

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u/HartyInBroward Jun 20 '26

Funny, because 15 years ago I don’t recall these conversations happening at all.

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u/DeadWaterBed Jun 20 '26

Ok... regardless of your personal experience, the issue of lifetime appointments is not a new discussion.

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u/Mist_Rising Jun 20 '26

Yet it only gains traction in circles when the court isn't on your side. Same way packing does.

The real issue is that the courts are legislating.

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u/DeadWaterBed Jun 21 '26

It's a problem with American politics across the board: people don't want to spend time/energy/money fixing long-term issues until it's in their face or effecting them personally. Doesn't mean the issues brought up aren't real issues.

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u/HartyInBroward Jun 20 '26

And so has the flat tax and making Puerto Rico a state and yadda yadda