U.S. Supreme Court: Post-Nino Edition

i mean 'ex post facto' laws are barred via the Constitution, so any reform going forward is going to run into that

i don't think ex post facto clause would apply to this but the article said it exempts current justices from the term limit

its a good idea and it should have been implemented decades ago. the fact that the future of our country was staked on the health of a cancer-ridden 86 year old is insane

It's crazy that there should be lifetime appointments for a living, evolving thing that affects so many, like the law. It would be like lifetime doctor appointments at a hospital.

that Madison, he keeps on givin'

ex post facto is a principal typically applying to criminal law stating that you can't punish someone for something that wasn't a crime when they committed the act. I don't think it has any bearing on SCOTUS term limits.

It's honestly sort of incredible, considering how much power they hold, that no one has ever gone full Pelican Brief.

Here's a good explainer about one possible version of the term limit proposal (which IDK if the current bill is based on) that would arguably not require an amendment
https://fixthecourt.com/2019/11/myth-facts-scotus-term-limits/

sure do wish someone would have had this idea more than 18 years ago

I kind of agree with Alfred way upthread that we should probably start a new thread soon. Whatever you think of RBG, the post-RBG era deserves its own thread title, for obvious reasons no matter what happens over the next few months.

― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Monday, September 21, 2020 10:45 PM

Alfred & El Tomboto otm

Done.

U.S. Supreme Court: Post-Ginsberg Edition