If we had a better democracy, We the People would have an easy way to utilize the "polls" to officially express and record opinions such as which, if any, federal judges have failed to "hold their offices during good behavior." Just the public discussion around putting such items on our ballots might help temper the not-so-just "justice…
If we had a better democracy, We the People would have an easy way to utilize the "polls" to officially express and record opinions such as which, if any, federal judges have failed to "hold their offices during good behavior." Just the public discussion around putting such items on our ballots might help temper the not-so-just "justices".
It would be fine to then leave it to Congress to act upon such polling, but for contentious issues that bring out plenty of single-issue-voters (and single-issue-political-donors), Congress ought to have the power to put basic issues onto the ballot. That would be riar.* Democracy is riar.*
If we had a better democracy, We the People would have an easy way to utilize the "polls" to officially express and record opinions such as which, if any, federal judges have failed to "hold their offices during good behavior." Just the public discussion around putting such items on our ballots might help temper the not-so-just "justices".
It would be fine to then leave it to Congress to act upon such polling, but for contentious issues that bring out plenty of single-issue-voters (and single-issue-political-donors), Congress ought to have the power to put basic issues onto the ballot. That would be riar.* Democracy is riar.*
SCOTUS has become unriar.*
*see https://MobiusBlueRibbon.com/words