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Originally Posted by woob
How can the US fix the politics in the Supreme Court problem? Let's say by some miracle, Democrats get a true majority and actually decide this issue needs to be fixed; Can they push through changes to the court nomination/selection process to make it truly partisan, or is the process protected by the Constitution? Genuinely curious.
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Either a supermajority to increase the size of the court in the Senate (60+) or do away with the filibuster.
As for changing the process itself - depends on what you mean by truly partisan. There have been some suggestions of trying to create term limits and a one-president/one-nomination (or two) with 18 year terms, but it would be messy and would take a long time to implement.
The process is mostly not-protected by the Constitution, which just says: "hold their offices during good behavior", which is what gives them their lifetime appointments.