COURT REFORM

 

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TERM LIMITS

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​All Federal Judges will be appointed for one term of twenty years.   

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AGE REQUIREMENTS

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No Federal Judge  may be under the age of 40, or be nominated under the age of 40. 

Supreme Court Justices will be retired at the age of 72 at the end of October Term.

All other Federal Judges will be immediately retired upon their 72nd birthday.

The retirement age is not subordinate to any time remaining on term. 

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QUALIFICATIONS

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All Federal Judges must be natural born citizens of the United States and no Federal Judge may have dual citizenship.

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All Federal Judges must have resided in the United States for the previous 20 years excepting military or government service. 

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All Federal Judges must have a minimum of ten years verifiable trial experience as first or second chair.

 

No Federal Judge may have any prior criminal conviction for any felony or have had any felony conviction expunged as part of a suspended sentence, probationary period, or defered adjudication or as part of any deal pertaining to any felony committed as a juvenile.  

 

No Federal Judge may have any other conviction for public intoxication, possession of any illegal substance or driving while under the influence. Any convictions for any act of rioting/civil disorder/unlawful assembly/insurrection or disorderly conduct are disqualifying. 

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All Federal Judges must be members in good standing of their respective state bar associations.  

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CODE OF ETHICS

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On November 13, 2023 The Supreme Court of The United States released a Statement promulgating a Code of Conduct For Justices Of The Supreme Court. The document is succinct and to the point and easily understood and proves sufficient with but two defects that are easily corrected.

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Defect Number 1 - the word Should is used on forty-nine separate occasions. 

Defect Number 2 - the words Should Not are used on twenty-seven separate occasions. 

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Should and Should Not are the Twin Hills of a slippery slope bigger than friggin' Everest. 

 

The fix is simple - Should is replaced with Will and Should Not is replaced with Won't.  

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See Supreme Court Code of Conduct

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EXPANSION OF THE COURT

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The Supreme Court needs to be expanded by four seats for a total of thirteen Supreme Court Justices. This is not suggested as the proper course due to the Court being too conservative, or having need to be more liberal, but rather that all Circuits may be represented including the DC Circuit.

 

Until all Circuits have representation on the Court, a nominee must be from a Circuit that is not currently represented. This excludes the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which does not represent any Geographical area. A Supreme Court justice may be nominated from this Court but since it is based in Washington DC it will be included here as part of the DC Circuit. Currently only five of the eleven Circuits are represented on the Court. 

 

The Following Circuits are currently NOT represented on the Supreme Court -  

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• First Circuit

• Fourth Circuit

• Fifth Circuit

• Sixth Circuit

• Eighth Circuit

• Ninth Circuit

• Eleventh Circuit

 

It is not necessary to have served as a Judge on any Circuit Court, or any District Court within any particular Circuit, but it is necessary to have maintained residence in the geographical area for a number of years. As is, we have four Justices - Roberts, Thomas, Kavanaugh and Jackson - who are all from the DC Circuit Court. Elena Kagan could be included as well as she was serving as US Solicitor General in Washington DC when nominated. Granted, all these Justices have vastly different temperaments but none are especially attuned to the needs of other Circuits. 

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When all Circuits are represented, than the 13th Justice may be chosen from any other Circuit. However, if a Justice retires and is the only member of the Court representing a particular Circuit, then the Retiring Justice must be replaced with a nominee from the same Circuit. 

 

The expansion will occur when the next two Justices retire. Each Justice will be replaced with three additional Justices. The nominations will not be concurrent and no other nomination will be made until the previous nomination has been confirmed and seated.      

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The simplest solution so far seen is H.R. 3422

 

 

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