Impeaching the bad actors is the correct solution, in my problem. Impeachment could also be used to remove elderly judges who are no longer sharp enough to do the job. The problem is that it is too hard to impeach them. The bar and number of votes required to impeach needs to be lowered. Right now, the GOP can block every attempt to impeach these obviously unethical justices. 50% in the House to impeach and 50% in the Senate to convict/remove them, without allowing filibusters, would solve this issue.
I don’t think the 50/50 “fix” would do anything but cause massive issues every single election. We seem to constantly end up losing and gaining that 50% so frequently that the courts would be upended every time the opposition got the majority.
Impeaching the bad actors is the correct solution, in my problem. Impeachment could also be used to remove elderly judges who are no longer sharp enough to do the job. The problem is that it is too hard to impeach them. The bar and number of votes required to impeach needs to be lowered. Right now, the GOP can block every attempt to impeach these obviously unethical justices. 50% in the House to impeach and 50% in the Senate to convict/remove them, without allowing filibusters, would solve this issue.
I don’t think the 50/50 “fix” would do anything but cause massive issues every single election. We seem to constantly end up losing and gaining that 50% so frequently that the courts would be upended every time the opposition got the majority.