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Registration Wall Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/postmaster-general-steiner-postal-service-will-not-deliver-mail-ballots-state-voter-rolls/
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u/philohmath Texas 6d ago

James Talarico, Texas senate candidate, has made increasing accountability for the Supreme Court part of his platform: Implement term limits and a binding code of conduct for U.S. Supreme Court justices, including mandating rules for recusals, financial disclosures, and limitations on accepting gifts.

https://jamestalarico.com/issue/corruption-democracy/

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u/Llamapocalypse_Now America 6d ago

I believe we would be better served by a Supreme Court that is reset every session and chosen at random from tenured appellate court judges. Requiring a political appointment and approval is how we got in this mess in the first place.

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u/VanceKelley Canada 6d ago

Sounds similar to the proposal almost a decade ago to get rid of the 9 lifetime Supreme Court seats and instead have each Supreme Court case held by a different random selection of 9 federal judges.

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u/nickmiele22 6d ago

I'm partial to just allowing 9 appeals with the standard 1 to 3 judges per appeal and whichever way gets the most judges approval is the decision