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So all that stuff about the independence and integrity of the court was just big talk? Figures. I'm surprised his robes stay on his body at all with a spine like that.
What?
They meant what they said.
They don't want any oversight and all the justices agree that they should be above every law.
You're confusing that being their ethics, with what an average non power crazed person who hasn't already obtained the highest standing in our legal system and is completely free of any consequences from their actions.
Why would anyone with the drive (or love of beer) to make it to the supreme Court would ever want to lower the amount of power they have?
Even RBG refused to step down when it was best for the country, because she believed she was that much better than any possible replacement.
That much power fucks with your head, even if a well adjusted person manages to make it to that position, they won't stay well adjusted for long.
It's why the whole lifetime appointment thing needs thrown out the window.
Neuroscience supports this. Giving someone power causes changes in your brain that makes your brain less capable of empathy, closer to the brain of someone born with psychopathy.
https://www.npr.org/2013/08/10/210686255/a-sense-of-power-can-do-a-number-on-your-brain
https://neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/how-power-erodes-empathy-and-steps-we-can-take-rebuild-it
https://hbr.org/2015/04/becoming-powerful-makes-you-less-empathetic
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/social-empathy/201909/power-blocks-empathy
https://www.livescience.com/1128-mere-thought-money-people-selfish.html
https://blog.ted.com/6-studies-of-money-and-the-mind/
Saving these for when someone goes "but no rulers means no one to protect you!!"
Across time, space and cultures, to be ruled is to be ruled by villains.
"That time I got reincarnated as a Supreme Court Chief Justice"
Eh, change the channel. I'm sick of Isekai.