Pants-of-dog wrote:I note that McConnell has completely changed his position on whether or not the US electorate should have a voice in this selection.
Well I would say it is all about check and balance.
If the replacement of
every justice is decided by plebiscite-like process, we risk having
every replacement leaned to one side for several good decades -- voter structure is not something easy to change in just few years.
Presidents, however, usually rotate between parties every few years (no more than 20 in most cases).
I think the Democrats are simply unlucky to have a relatively large number of justices dying or leaving during the tenure of someone against them so much.
My take is, either what it is now, or to split the entire Justice panel into parts of three or so, having each of them re-elected
among lawyers every 4 years or so. In other words, like the Senate.