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Govt- Politics 6/14/2008 at 6:15 PM EDT H2'ed 6/14/08

SHALL WE REVISE THE SUPREME COURT LIFETIME APPIONTMENT?

By Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo 23 comments

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SHALL WE REVISE THE SUPREME COURT LIFETIME APPIONTMENT?

I have an idea, which will return Sanctity to the Supreme Court (SC) through a Constitutional amendment. As it now stands changes in government administration leaves the appointments on the SC to blind luck of the draw-a shoot of the dice, whomever happens to be in Office when justices die or need to retire. Therefore, I suggest a tenure system of 9 years which staggers the nomination to the court so that all members are staggered on a different time table/schedule for appointment, initially for 3 years, with a renewable tenure at the discretion of the president who nominated a justice, for 3 more years, with a second renewal possible for 3 years.

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Professor Bagnolo has majored in: Cultural Anthropology, Architectural design, painting, creative writing. As a child prodigy, abed with polio for almost two years, he was offered an opportunity to skip three grades at age 8.
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