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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 8 months ago

What if we turned it into a virtual supreme court like that?

Every case gets heard 2-3 times, Judges are randomly assigned from the pool of federal judges that meet qualifications.

This body could vote to impeach their members, and courts are randomly assembled for a few months at a time

The idea being, the supreme Court has one job - to decide matters of law, meaning they decide edge cases and conflicts. They need to understand the law, not have power - the goal is consistency in applying the law. A method to find consensus among top judges seems a lot more stable and effective than individuals