• Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 hours ago

    Another set chosen by the SC itself by super majoroty selection.

    Why this and not just have them also voted on by the people or at least Congress?

    This seems like something the founding fathers would’ve devised to protect against “mob rule”(actual democracy)

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      To help ensure the Justices themselves are impatial since they have to agree on their other justices.