General Discussion

Resetting the court is 100% necessary to balance our teetering republic and reset our self-governance before total fascism is installed and future elections cancelled. We have (maybe) got 2026 to take back the Congress (both chambers!).

We have to unfuck this nation very fast, with no time or room for hesitation - starting with rebalancing the Supreme Court via expansion to 15 members, or watch as it eats itself and devolves into a second shooting Civil War instead of the current Cold Civil War (which has been raging without proper name since 1981 - maybe even since 1965 to be real about it).

We also need a Constitutional amendment to end ALL lifetime appointment to ANY government positions. I would go as far as proposing a mandatory retirement age (at the time of swearing in) of 76 for the executive branch, 74 for the Senate and 78 for the House. We do NOT need to have nonagenarians or octagenarians at ANY level of government (nor should those individuals WANT to 'serve' at that age, mentor and advise, serve in emeritus roles? FINE... actively hold office and lead? NO, no longer a viable thing to allow).

This is because we do not need people making 30 and 40 year impact decisions for society when their life expectancy will expire in less than half that timeline at best - it leads to the very real possibility that their judgement is flawed and/or artificially influenced towards personal and familial gains instead of societal benefit and stability.

If that is ageist and a problem for some, I simply do not care. Its not personal, or directed even at current, or recent individual examples of office holders beyond their 'fresh-until' dates. It is common sense... as long as we continue to have mandatory retirements from the military (with 68 being the outside limits THERE), then we need to come closer to alignment on the civilian side as well. That 100% includes the President, the Supreme Court, and the Senate and House. A vibrant and future-focused society is necessary for survival of the nation beyond the next 15 years, those who will survive to see it must be the ones to implement policies to survive it.