The Supreme Court of the United States--i.e. SCOTUS was envisioned as a co-equal branch of a government designed to create road blocks of actions so that every move in the governance of the people was thoroughly vetted. I love this. I really do.
The unspoken caveat was that each branch was representative of the people. This is the problem with the supreme court--it never has. And today, as the United States becomes more and more embracing of its demographic reality--the court falls short in the one area where it should be the least partisan: Religion. SCOTUS is a religiously conflicted and FLAWED body.
What would make the court more representative of the United States?
RACE:
Drop a white judge for either an Asian or Mult-racial judge. Best choice? A judge with a Filippino father and a Domincan mother. (who is female)
GENDER:
Drop two male judges for female judges. Both should be white men--you're safe justice Thomas!
RELIGION:
Drop two Jews and four Catholics. Period. Tata. Bye bye. Sionara. 23-skiddoe.
Replace them with two non-religious judges, and four protestants.
It's as Simple as that.
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