▲ 501 ▼ Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court (apnews.com) submitted 3 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 years ago (3 children) Any position that is for life is too long, especially an appointed one with almost zero mechanisms for removal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] outrageousmatter@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago* Almost, impeachment is one big one allowed. I believe only one justice was impeached but I bet the issue is, you can't get republicans to agree as then democrats can put one in. Which is a terrible injustice so they'll make sure to vote down anything to make sure the supreme court stays right winged. permalink fedilink source parent [–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. permalink fedilink source parent [–] elscallr@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Except the one mechanism for removal. You don't need more than one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] outrageousmatter@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago* Almost, impeachment is one big one allowed. I believe only one justice was impeached but I bet the issue is, you can't get republicans to agree as then democrats can put one in. Which is a terrible injustice so they'll make sure to vote down anything to make sure the supreme court stays right winged. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] elscallr@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Except the one mechanism for removal. You don't need more than one. permalink fedilink source parent