'Impeach Samuel Alito' Petition Surges After Supreme Court Rulings
'Impeach Samuel Alito' Petition Surges After Supreme Court Rulings
A petition calling for a Senate investigation into the justice has gained traction after a series of controversial rulings.
A petition calling for a Senate investigation into the justice has gained traction after a series of controversial rulings.
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The House and Senate can check the court with the President’s support.
- Justices can be impeached by a 2/3 majority in the Senate.
- They can have term limits introduced to stop lifetime appointments.
- They can have the court size shrank, removing some members.
- They can have the court size increased, making the individual vote count less.
- They could introduce a rule to require a supermajority in the court to declare a law unconstitutional.
- Impose new ethics rules for justices (thereby removing the corrupt justice).
So if we want to peacefully fix the court we need a Congress that can work with the President to do that.
Sources:
https://www.lwv.org/blog/not-so-absolute-power-supreme-court
Also the Court may have overstepped their authority. There needs to be a discussion about the limits of their pronouncements. They do not sit above all of government. There's checks and balances in the system.
There’s checks and balances in the system.
There used to be.
In theory.