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Trump Accidentally Proves That Putin Did Help Him Run for President
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Russia, like China and the USA and Saudi Arabia and Israel, spend money and time on every Presidential election, whichever candidate they think will suit their interests more (as they always do).
We were aware of this when we allowed "Super PACs" to funnel money directly to bOtH pArTiEs without that pesky middleman (the law). So... of course we have President Trump, he is the end result of our own party's unlimited greed.
When your government is for sale, you get what they pay for. I'd wager Musk and Bezos spent much more money on the last campaign than Russia, this is a "red herring".
We did what now?
Super PACs became possible due to the Supreme Court's disastrous Citizen's United decision. "We" had nothing to do with it, just like "we" had nothing to do with the overturning of Roe vs. Wade.
"We" do desperately need another 5 SC justices.
I used to believe we needed to add 3-5 additional justices, but I no longer believe that.
Now I believe we need to add 20 additional justices. The composition of the court shouldn't be so tight that one bad-faith president can manipulate the system to negatively influence American society for the next 50 years.
We need 29 justices, with rolling term limits so that every president can appoint a few, but not enough to fundamentally change the direction of the court.
A country as big and influential as ours, needs to be responsible to our citizens and the world in keeping our political policies under control and trustworthy. How can any other nation make deals with America, when they know the very people they dealt with may change their minds tomorrow - literally. Nobody can trust such a capricious government, and nobody will work with us.
It is already happening, and America is starting to feel the results of permanent trade shifts away from American goods and markets. That is a direct result of recklessly fickle governmental policy at every level - trade, military, judicial, Congressional, presidential, etc. None of our systems can be trusted anymore.
Adding 20 justices to SCOTUS would be a big step in the right direction in taking true control of this country.
I don't think additional justices are enough.
The bullet points of what I have in mind:
More justices, preferably from each branch of government. Outside branches can't select the justices of another branch.
Term limits.
The president can't have more than 1 justice, and that justice leaves with their president.
IMO, what I put there is a temporary solution - we actually need regional governments and presidents, who add their respective governmental branch justices to a portion of the national government. This would make it harder for justices to be sourced from a single location or ideology. This would hopefully make it harder for corruption to become ingrained into the national court.
YES - expand the court. it's needed beyond this corrupt cabal; the sitting court can't handle the caseload. expand the court and refigure the circuit courts instead of this mishmash - it's beyond time to remedy this one part of our judiciary, and it's something congress (blue wave) could do in short order.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/circuitAssignments.aspx