Thread: US Supreme Court - Is it outdated?

The original concept of having a Supreme Court was so that the best and brightest legal minds could address important issues based upon the law.

Unfortunately, the effects of political appointments (to include appointments based primarily upon race, gender, sexual orientation, and other tokenistic reasons) has resulted in a Supreme Court that largely votes along party lines.

You would think that "highly qualified" legal experts could review a case based solely upon the merits of the case and the existing laws and then arrive at an almost unanimuous conclusion, but that is no longer the case (pun).

The result is that Supreme Court decisions are no longer based up the law, but rather the preferences of the individual jurists.

Maybe they should all be replaced with a computer program that "objectively" weighs the facts of the case against existing laws.

Originally Posted by RickThai

The result is that Supreme Court decisions are no longer based up the law, but rather the preferences of the individual jurists.

Maybe they should all be replaced with a computer program that "objectively" weighs the facts of the case against existing laws.

IMO, it was the preferences of the individual jurists from the beginning in most cases.

Any way for an objectivity? No. Not even a computer program would do that - because it was be created by humans.

I don't see how you can have any impartial justice where DAs and judges are elected or appointed by electees.

There is no such thing as impartial justice. The institution of the court is intrinsically political and was intentionally created to be so. One of the chief powers of the presidency is the ability, when openings occur, to choose justices who have a demonstrable bias.