• lauha@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This is false. Any president in US has the power to do this and in a proper democracy no president should have the power to meddle with the justice system. Sepaeatipn of power and all that.

    • Matty Roses@lemmy.today
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      1 day ago

      “in a proper democracy, power should be vested in lifetime appointments to the court that cannot be changed by later elections”

      • Einskjaldi@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        It was sorta expected they would be highly qualified senior judges, so you have like 20 25 years, not grabbing law school grads that can sit for 50 years. I would support 20 year term, the point is that they should be less sensitive to politics.