The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says it's time for Supreme Court justices to bring their conduct in line with the standards of other branches of government.
Pretty sure it’s the same in Australia. Our judges are also appointed by their legal peers who are also held to a pretty strict code of ethics. Breaches of these codes can result in being stripped of your right to practice law. These features combined limit this nonsense of partisan judges tthat the US seems to be afflicted with.
Supreme Court appointments in the US don’t even need to be lawyers or have any legal experience. There are absolutely zero qualifications for being an appointed judge beyond being appointed by the President and gaining the “Advice and Consent” of the Senate.
That’s it.
The President could nominate Chaz, the 17-year-old stoner with a peach fuzz goatee whose most daunting task in any given day is when someone orders a customized burrito at the Taco Bell drive thru and they have to make it in less than 2 minutes. If the Senate confirms him — based on current justicies, all he has to do is cry when asked questions — he’s a Supreme Court justice.
No doubt if Trump were to get re-elected, he’d nominate Judge Aileen Cannon to the SCOTUS, with her 3 years of judicial experience and trail of questionable decisions.
Pretty sure it’s the same in Australia. Our judges are also appointed by their legal peers who are also held to a pretty strict code of ethics. Breaches of these codes can result in being stripped of your right to practice law. These features combined limit this nonsense of partisan judges tthat the US seems to be afflicted with.
Supreme Court appointments in the US don’t even need to be lawyers or have any legal experience. There are absolutely zero qualifications for being an appointed judge beyond being appointed by the President and gaining the “Advice and Consent” of the Senate.
That’s it.
The President could nominate Chaz, the 17-year-old stoner with a peach fuzz goatee whose most daunting task in any given day is when someone orders a customized burrito at the Taco Bell drive thru and they have to make it in less than 2 minutes. If the Senate confirms him — based on current justicies, all he has to do is cry when asked questions — he’s a Supreme Court justice.
I remember when Dubya nominated someone who was vastly under qualified and actually got shot down for non-partisan reasons. It was a simpler time.
Harriet Miers.
No doubt if Trump were to get re-elected, he’d nominate Judge Aileen Cannon to the SCOTUS, with her 3 years of judicial experience and trail of questionable decisions.
Arguably Chaz might make a better judge …