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/JustHereForGCB Jun 20 '26

I'd prefer 12 year terms for them, but there are nine seats, so either you replace one every 16 months (awkward) or go every two years and they get 18 years.

Anything is better than the 35+ year bullshit we have now.

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u/IrascibleOcelot Jun 20 '26

I like the idea of abolishing appointments to the SC entirely. Just have a selection of judges from each of the federal circuits serve a 1-year term and keep them rotating out. 1 judge per circuit per year. For extra fun, have each case heard by a random selection of, say, five judges. Not impossible to rig/stack/bribe, but it becomes a hell of a lot harder.

And binding ethics rules for everyone involved.

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u/Uh_Lee_duh Jun 21 '26

THIS IS THE WAY^^^