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The Case For A 100-Justice Supreme Court (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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With the current mess that the US is in, there has been plenty of talk of “what comes after” and how to think about the big structural changes needed to prevent another authoritarian from taking over and abusing all the levers of power for corruption and self-enrichment.

There are many different issues to address, but we should be thinking creatively about how to redesign our institutions to be more resilient to the abuses we’re witnessing.

One area ripe for creative rethinking is the federal judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court. Because right now, we have a system where individual judges matter way, way too much. Rather than the minor reforms and incremental changes some are suggesting, I think the solution is to go big. Really big. Expand the Supreme Court to at least 100 justices, with cases heard by randomized panels.

I’ll explain the details below, but the core philosophy is simple: no single Supreme Court Justice should ever matter that much.

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[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

Would also make recusals less of an issue since most judges wouldn't have a conflict, and a panel could be formed without any conflicts. Could also have a panel that makes binding resolutions to force judges to recuse themselves...