I mean, do we even NEED a Supreme Court?

[ck4829]

All sorts of crazy ways that important legal cases could be decided.

When a decision goes up through the courts and reaches the highest court of the land, it should be by...

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	Flipping a coin - Plaintiff calls heads
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	Plaintiff and defendant sponsor a boxer - They duke it out. Sponsor of the winning boxer decides the legal decision
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	Food Court - Best dish made by a dish sponsored by the plaintiff and defendant wins the legal decision
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	Trivia Contest - Multiple categories that have nothing to do with the legal issues in question
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	Voters get to decide - Put it on the ballot all across the US
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	American Gladiator or American Ninja for the younger ones - Plaintiff and Defendant lawyers cross obstacle courses and spar against each other to decide cases
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	Random Number Generator - Produce a random number, plaintiff and defenant both guess. Whoever is closer wins.
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	Aztec Ball Game - Winner has their decision made law, loser gets sacrificed to the Great Feathered Serpent
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	Forged in Fire - Plaintiff and defendant both make swords, the swords are then tested for their strength and durability, and are used to cut various things. Winner has their position made law.
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	No! The current Supreme Court system is just fine - Cite a guy who ordered women be executed for witchcraft based on dreams as evidence
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[lapfog_1]

1. we need a moon door choice...

Make the bad man fly!!!

[PortTack]

2. SCOTUS needs some checks and balances...they have NONE!

[LakeArenal]

3. I don't think we should mess with the Constitution like they do.

But if it’s legal to add Justices why are we not doing that.

[ck4829]

4. We could still have a Supreme Court per se that is in line with Article III

Like for the Trivia Contest, each Justice makes a category and questions, and the Chief Justice gets to be the host.

[sanatanadharma]

5. The Supreme Court power to determine the constitutionality of laws is not in the Constitution.

The Supreme Court power to determine the constitutionality of laws is not in the Constitution.
It is a claimed 'inherent power', grabbed early in the 19th century by the court.

The Supreme Court was created as the court of last appeal in deciding cases about application of existing law; not the constitutionality of the same.

The Constitution does give Congress some powers over the Court, such as deciding the number of Justices.

[Bev54]

6. There is not a good option there, a supreme court is needed but the way you choose the

justices needs to change. A non partisan committee should choose the candidates based on their legal qualifications and take all the damn politics and dark money out of it. There are now 5-6 justices that are governing the country based on religious beliefs and not on law or on the will of the people. That is not even close to a democracy, how is it the majority of the country does not rule and that the republicans do not care about the majority, your system ensures them a seat to rule or obstruct the governing of the country.

[old guy]

7. Yup.

[iemanja]

8. We need a Supreme Court

Just a better one. Think of all the advances of the Warren court that wouldn't have come about through legislative means.