The Supreme Court was designed to be the forgotten branch of government. The Founders would have been happy if the average American didn’t know the individual Justices or their political leanings. For the majority of our nation’s history the Founder’s system was successful. However, that has all changed in recent history as fights over Supreme Court Justices have become among the most partisan battles in politics today. To honor the Founders, America must rebuild a barrier around the Supreme Court which separates their decisions from the influence and political games of our two-party system. The best way to do this is by enacting a new amendment to the Constitution. An amendment that sets the number of Supreme Court Justices at twelve, a number suggested during the original Constitution Convention, and establishes rules for how Supreme Court vacancies are filled.
History
America’s Constitution is short, concise, and has left much up to interpretation throughout our nation’s history. The least specificity in the Constitution was given to the Supreme Court. The Constitution doesn’t set the number of justices and what we see as the principle job of the Supreme Court today, ruling on the…
