I mixed in a bunch of fun stuff to this one but there is also more oil, like, did you think that I would forgo a chance to talk about the Material Conditions? We have such fascinating Material Conditions. Material Conditionsheads Rise Up

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a must-read thread.

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I disagree, categorically, that adding additional justices, even in a "tit-for-tat" way, is a "race to the bottom." I think having a great many *more* judges is actually good for democracy, representation, ethics, and limiting the importance and power of any individual judge. Furthermore...

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I think that if the court is going to act like a super-legislature, then it should be *treated* like a super-legislature, and tha means every incoming adminstration *should have to* bring with them the amount of justices necessary to have their agenda upheld. That's just democracy, baby. BUT...

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if people do not like a 200, or 300, or whatever person Supreme Court, supported by 1,000 memeber lower courts, then, perhaps, the judicary could be taught to MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS and rid us of their unelected supremacy. So, no race to the bottom. Just democracy, *by any means necessary.*

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