Name:   architect - Subject:   Mr H I agree with you Date:   2/22/2016 9:21:41 PM

Saints be praised!!  3 terms for Representatives and 2 for senators. 

Mr H I have also thought that the courts could be taken out of politics by setting up a "judges pool".  For the Supreme Court a non-partisan committee (this is the hardest part...how do you really get such an animal) would select a pool of 10 prospects. After this initial selection new pool members would be selected by the president. The prospects for the pool would be vetted and approved by the Senate.  When a court vacancy occured a replacement name would be drawn from a hat.  The sitting president would select a replacement to get the pool back to 10 anytime a menber was drawn to replace a justice or if a pool member died or retired. Since it would be the luck of the draw (most pool members would never be called) and there would typically be pool members selected by several presidents over many years. Don't laugh until you actually give it some thought.  It might require a Constitutional amendment (a heavy lift for sure), but for the life of me I can't see how it would be worse than the current political goat rodeo that court selections have become and it would at least be a step in taking politics out of the courts.  I think the politization of the courts (it's even worse at state level) is one of the most dangerous trends around today!