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Janet Shapiro's avatar

Totally agree. Why is it that there are no rules for Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any one all of these cases that come to the Supreme Court? Why does the Supreme Court leave such decisions solely up to each Justice, keeping in mind that these 9 Justices are appointed for life. Do we need to rethink "for life"? Do we need to rethink giving these 9 Justices so much power and so much discretion. Ethics considerations are in place in other branches in government. Why's ethics not a factor on the Supreme Court. Maybe this court is too Supreme.

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Nibbles McDaniel's avatar

There's zero chance if we were to design a Supreme Court from the ground up we would omit ethical curbs or term limits. No one would think this would be a good idea. Doing so would be naive, reckless, and anyone arguing for it would be laughed out of the office.

I believe we can all agree.

So, why do we insist these matters can't be changed?

This is stuff of third-world kangaroo courts. And, the USA.

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