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speedrrracer · October 18, 2013, 01:04 PM

I wonder if, at some point, it's still reasonable to have only one group of SCOTUS Justices. We have far more members in the House of Reps than ever before. The President has a legion of bureaucrats to help run this colossus. I'm sure this point has been raised a million times, I just haven't seen the discussion.

Clearly Supreme means Supreme, but nowhere does it say we're limited to only one set of Justices. We have 330+ million people, but the same number of SCOTUS Justices as back when this nation only had 30 million people.

Perhaps we should triple (or...) the number of Justices, and have the ability to resolve 3 times as many cases.

October 18, 2013, 01:04 PM	#354
speedrrracer Senior Member Join Date: December 15, 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 317	I wonder if, at some point, it's still reasonable to have only one group of SCOTUS Justices. We have far more members in the House of Reps than ever before. The President has a legion of bureaucrats to help run this colossus. I'm sure this point has been raised a million times, I just haven't seen the discussion. Clearly Supreme means Supreme, but nowhere does it say we're limited to only one set of Justices. We have 330+ million people, but the same number of SCOTUS Justices as back when this nation only had 30 million people. Perhaps we should triple (or...) the number of Justices, and have the ability to resolve 3 times as many cases.