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I mean, I don't advocate political assassinations, but I also recognize that the SC really doesn't have any avenues for the people to remove a judge other than violence.
A lot of problems would be solved if the people could call votes of no confidence.
You can recognize it without suggesting anything, that's completely fine in my book.
And yeah agreed, it's stupid that there's no mechanism like that
Can't judges be impeached?
Why are you downvoting? Judges can and have been impeached. The comment above implied this wasnt true.
That's not a mechanism the people control, especially with rampant gerrymandering by the GOP.
This is so uncharitable. There's a reason for this mechanism and it's not true. The Senate was a democratic majority just a few years ago so it's not impossible. The issue is we are always holding on by a thin margin to either the house or Senate. I don't think we should be advocating for assassinations on Lemmy or any platform.
A supreme court justice requires a senate super majority to remove, and it's never been done successfully.
Again, I'm not advocating anything, but if a system of government is no longer representing the will of the people, actively working to hurt those people, and the people have no mechanism to peacefully recall a high ranking member of the government, especially a lifetime appointment, the only option left is violence.
This is just a statement of fact.
Honestly, I think the founding fathers did it intentionally.