Would be lovely to see.

Worst supreme Court ever so far.

I mean, possibly not quite if we go back far enough in history, Dred Scott was a thing after all.

I dunno. A previous one actually caused the civil war by declaring the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. Then there’s separate but equal. Then there’s the fact that the Court decided that the constitution gave it the power to rule in the constitutionality of laws even though it doesn’t say that. Then there’s saying that the second amendment applies to people rather than militias.

That's a pretty tall claim. Maybe the worst SCOTUS in your lifetime, but if you know anything of US history, you'd know that calling it the worst SCOTUS of all time is a pretty tall order.

I’m all for that too, but at least they can be voted out of office. Supreme Court Justices are appointed (which I’m ok with because I don’t want them campaigning) for life. Once they’re there, they never have to leave.

We elect House members every 2 years and Senate every 6, whereas Supreme Court justices are lifetime appointments

This is comparing apples and plastic bottles

Fix election rules, campaign finances and gerrymandering and congress will get sorted out.

This is just an aside, but I love how oversight means making sure mistakes/abuses don't happen too much but also means mistake 😄

I’m pretty sure that’s a state-by-state thing. I’m also pretty sure that some states already have some term limits.

Let's start with this premise: the court is politicized because the two party system demands it over a long enough period of time.

And now we can work our way forward.

Not really. The constitution only says that the SCOTUS exists and is the highest court. Everything else is up to Congress. There didn’t always used to be 9 justices for instance. Congress has even passed laws to strip the court of the right to hear any case they want. Some types of cases have to go through special courts of original jurisdiction, like bankruptcy.

Even if that were true, they should STILL try it. You do it to put the pressure on, to slowly move forward, put the idea in the news, on people's minds, etc. It may seem futile but we have to start somewhere.

The citizens of the US voting on it would be nice

There's nothing that says it can't be done. But I'm sure SCOTUS will have something to say should a case make it to them.

Constitutional amendment would be the best way. Not sure if it would be easier via Congress or State Legislatures given the implosion on Capitol Hill.

Oh, and how about some ethics rules? Didn't Amy Coney Barrett just come out in favor?

According to another poster in a different thread a few days ago, the ethics guidelines are basically already in place and just aren’t enforced. That person suggested that we need more enforcement or penalties rather than more ethics rules.

I like your idea of adding more justices because of what you said about diluting the president’s power to appoint a majority. It’s an interesting point, although we shouldn’t be in the situation we are in now (“Wait, wait, you can’t rush the process…oh, now that we have the majority we need to finish this quickly!”)

I have three words for you: Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

To refresh your memory, Obama asked her to retire so that he could appoint a young liberal justice who could sit the court for the next 30 years. Unfortunately, that geriatric bag of bones clung to power until her death. Guess who's term she died under, and who got to appoint her replacement? Oh yeah, the big Don. So now because of that we have a conservative court for the foreseeable future.

This is a smoke and mirrors political move.