Opinion by Jennifer Rubin: There is a path to save the Supreme Court from itself
Fortunately, there is no shortage of ideas to return sanity to the court. And there has never been a better time to advance them to the public.
This is also gaining broader support among the public. A Monmouth University poll in September found thatOne popular suggestion is to limit justices to 18-year terms — long enough to maintain independence but not to prevent new justices from refreshing the court. The terms could be staggered so as to give presidents regular opportunities to appoint justices. This, however, might require a constitutional amendment, although supporters argue it can be done by statute.
Antidemocratic developments risk entrenching the judicial philosophy of the current Court majority for generations, while advantaging one political party.the court has already been politicized And for those who caution that Republicans, should they regain full control of Congress, could retaliate and expand the court further: This is a reasonable concern, but as Brian Fallon, co-founder and executive director of the progressive group Demand Justice, tells me, if that happens"we’re no worse off than we are now.”Ethical guardrails already exist for federal courts in the form of the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges, asin the Atlantic.
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