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minus-squarePoliticalAgitator@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·10 months agoUnless there are dramatic political reforms, you’ll be waiting the rest of his life. You can’t shame him out of office. If he felt shame, he wouldn’t have taken so many bribes in the first place. It’s why lifetime appointments to powerful positions are a stupid idea.
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoWhat made sense 300 years ago may not make a lot of sense in 2023.
minus-squareDogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoWhy did it make sense 300 years ago? Just so you couldn’t fire judges you didn’t like?
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months ago Why did it make sense 300 years ago? Because it did. 300 years ago.
minus-squarePoliticalAgitator@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoUnfortunately, that’s not a thought a lot of Americans like having.
Unless there are dramatic political reforms, you’ll be waiting the rest of his life.
You can’t shame him out of office. If he felt shame, he wouldn’t have taken so many bribes in the first place.
It’s why lifetime appointments to powerful positions are a stupid idea.
What made sense 300 years ago may not make a lot of sense in 2023.
Why did it make sense 300 years ago? Just so you couldn’t fire judges you didn’t like?
Because it did.
300 years ago.
Unfortunately, that’s not a thought a lot of Americans like having.