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Add an 'all supreme justice confirmations must be confirmed within 1 (one) year of any removal/retirement/death' to prevent the BS McConnell played from repeating again and you'll be golden with the Dems.

Wow, just ignoring the greater context there mate.

Partially because the Supreme Court's power is actually precarious at the end of the day. It only has power by either having Congress or POTUS at their back. If neither supports it then the power it has is gone.

The thing is we need a larger Supreme Court, mostly to ensure more throughput. Have, say, 21 justices with most cases having 7 justices presiding would do wonders for Supreme Court backlog. If it is something major, then call in the entire 21 Justices. Also, have some sort of provision to...

They also didn't envision that the US would be across the continent, the Cotton Gin would be invented (remember that slavery was literally on the way out economically back when the Constitution was created), or Hamilton and Jefferson would have a grudge match that would spawn the first two...

That would cause problems due to advancing medical care. I wouldn't be surprised that in the coming decades (baring some apocalyptic war), the average US life expectancy would climb to a hundred with the absolute ceiling of an unaugmented human lifespan topping off at 120 years old (augmented...