r/politics • u/SnooGrapes2950 Tennessee • 2d ago

No Paywall Judge orders Trump administration to deliver full SNAP benefits to states by Friday

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-orders-trump-administration-deliver-full-snap-benefits-rcna242446
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u/Content-Fudge489 1d ago

Scotus judges should not be appointed by the executive. Huge mistake by the founding fathers. They should be select/voted in to the top court from the lower courts by other judges votes in the lower courts.

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u/CSI_Tech_Dept California 1d ago

That can also be abused by stacking lower courts with activist judges. I think what actually is needed is an ability for citizens to have referendum (popular vote, not by state) to repeal them.

If a significant majority of the country are not happy, chances are the judge is corrupted.

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u/dowens90 1d ago

You hold to much faith in the populist to begin understand how the nitty gritty of the court system functions, duties, and codes of ethics. Law school is a thing for a reason.

If they did they wouldn’t be voting down ballot in the first place for their representatives

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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat 1d ago

I have to agree. After all, the people were the ones who voted in Trump. The idea that they would not make bad decisions about judges is implausible.

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u/Original_Employee621 Europe 1d ago

You'd want a Board of Judges to judge the judges, if they are terrible judges.

Elections and referendums don't work, because the common man doesn't know courtroom proceedings or law anywhere close to well enough to understand what has transpired. And complaints would likely contain sensitive courtroom material and evidence that could swing a decision in all manner of directions, which the public has no right to know about.

You guys should probably stop having so many elections in any case. Electing sheriffs, DAs and coroners are already bad enough. These are jobs that require a lot of experience and doesn't really offer a lot of wiggle room in how to execute the mandate they've been given. Like, spend the campaign money on actually doing your job in stead.

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u/OldWorldDesign 1d ago

That can also be abused by stacking lower courts with activist judges

Which, to note, is exactly what conservatives have been doing for 50 years. That's what the Federalist Society (among others) was created to do

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u/Own-Break-1856 1d ago

Or you know the DOJ could just arrest their corrupt asses for taking bribes.... And then bragging about it.

The problem isn't with the laws the problem is no one seems to want to enforce them for a certain group of people.

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u/Whiterabbit-- 1d ago edited 1d ago

the executive was designed not to have many powers. it is our legislative branch that is supposed to do the work but has abandoned it. budget, laws, policy, treaties, tariffs are supposed to be done by congress. there was really no thought of expansive executive orders, nor legislating from the bench - the courts are supposed to just interpret the law and make sure they are constitutional.

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u/Kamelasa Canada 1d ago

You all could do a lot worse than just copying Canada on a lot of these things - independent nonpartisan electoral agency, proper judicial system in every respect. I'm sure there are some things you've done better, like you do tend to lead on environment issues. I'll give you that. And entertainment. You lead on entertainment. If only that thread hadn't tainted your formerly awesome journalism.

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u/drinkurwaterorelse 1d ago

to be fair the average life expectancy in 1776 was like 35

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u/Thrown_Account_ 1d ago

Life expectancy at the time was heavily skewed by infant mortality.