Supreme Court Needs A Change
The Supreme overhaul
Over the past few years debate has been raging over whether or not Supreme Court Justices should become elected officials. In 2004 USA Today published an article titled, "The next president could tip the high court," and they predicted the future dead on. As we saw earlier this year two brand new justices were appointed, Roberts who has already been sworn in, and Alito. These new appointments have a potential to reshaped the court, and influence our laws for decades.
In 2004 eight of the Supreme Court justices were over 65 years old. Clarence Thomas, the most conservative justice is the only justice younger than 65 at 59. There had been no vacancies on the bench for 12 years before the two vacancies this year. Ruth Ginsberg was the last appointed justice, during the Clinton administration in 1992. For 12 years the same people presided on the Supreme Court; this was the longest span of time without a new justice in history.
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