r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • Aug 29 '26

PoliticalTea 🗳️ No one should have a lifetime appointment.

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 Aug 29 '26

no, 4 would make every nomination way more charged politically so you could get a really shitty person in for just 4 years to fick shit up, then they could leave

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u/zue4 Aug 29 '26

Yeah I think he's saying it shouldn't be nominated. Impossible to not be politically charged when they need to be nominated by a politician.

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 Aug 29 '26

nominate by the people then. hold a vote

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u/Trust_Me_Im_a_Panda Aug 29 '26

Electing judges is the absolute worst idea. The public as a whole has absolutely no idea what separates a good judge from a bad judge. Especially an appellate judge like SCOTUS.

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u/a1055x Aug 29 '26

Only because we saw how well that turned out with potus... /s