Healthcare Reform

[RedDenver]

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[JJ Husker]

The best way to make the Supreme Court apolitical is to limit terms. Lifetime appointments breed this kind of problem. 

Maybe.  I'm not totally sold on that.  There's a big part of me that thinks we would just have the pathetic spectacle that it's become more often.

I think lifetime appointments actually help prevent the SC from becoming more politicized. Once they are in, they are beholden to no one. They don’t have to keep any side “happy” as they won’t be seeking any future employment. I would think that would cause them to possibly moderate a bit and simply rule on the law as intended.

The problem of the court being too far right or too far left is pretty strictly a function of which party appointed and approved and the timing of such activity. Of course, at a time when the court is already  lopsided, shorter terms might help remedy the problem quicker but I don’t think term limits provides any real long term fix. Certainly not the same as term limits for congress anyway.

 

[RedDenver]

Katie Porter shows that pharma needing to charge high prices due to R&D costs is a myth:

 

[Archy1221]

1 hour ago, RedDenver said:

Katie Porter shows that pharma needing to charge high prices due to R&D costs is a myth:

She only tells 1/3 of the story.  And the three person panel was quite clueless.  One even suggested to nationalize the pharma industry 

 

[BigRedBuster]

Interesting, when you consider everyone thought the Trump appointees would take the SC into a radical right era.

 

[DevoHusker]

Interesting, when you consider everyone thought the Trump appointees would take the SC into a radical right era.

...not everyone. 

 

[Archy1221]

...not everyone. 

Correct

 

[Archy1221]

Interesting, when you consider everyone thought the Trump appointees would take the SC into a radical right era.

Only the Democrat party and some Anti-Trump folks thought that way.  The rest of us knew better

 

[TGHusker]

...not everyone. 

ACB is proving not to be the radical alt-right jurist the Dems tried to paint her as.  Kav is also more moderate than predicted by the left.

I wish there was some way to make court appointments less political. 

 

[funhusker]

I’ll feel more comfortable with them after they show their thoughts on relitigating Roe vs Wade. Or less…
 

And much of the outrage was about how the selection process of both justices went down.  

 

[suh_fan93]

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[knapplc]

I’ll feel more comfortable with them after they show their thoughts on relitigating Roe vs Wade. 

The Supremes already said they'd hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. And ACB is well known for her pro-life stance. 

 

[funhusker]

The Supremes already said they'd hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. And ACB is well known for her pro-life stance. 

Yes.  And that was the left’s biggest worry with her.

So it’s premature to say anyone was misguided yet.

 

[BigRedBuster]

ACB is proving not to be the radical alt-right jurist the Dems tried to paint her as.  Kav is also more moderate than predicted by the left.

I wish there was some way to make court appointments less political. 

I'll admit that I had fear that they would be far right and rule cases based on politics instead of how they are supposed to.  I am being pleasantly surprised.

I'm also guessing that there's some far right wingers that aren't too happy with some of their decisions as, in their eyes, being moderate is akin to being a leftist wacko.

Yes, I wish there was a way to make the appointments much less political.  

 

[knapplc]

The best way to make the Supreme Court apolitical is to limit terms. Lifetime appointments breed this kind of problem.