Saving This Honorable Court: A Proposal to Replace Life Tenure on the Supreme Court with Staggered, Nonrenewable Eighteen-Year Terms

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q1 LAW

Virginia Law Review Pub Date : 2004-06-01 DOI:10.2307/3202417

James E. DiTullio, John B. Schochet

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INTRODUCTION .............................................................................1094 I. LIFE TENURE: AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF THE CONSTITUTION?.........................................................................1098 II. THE PROBLEM..........................................................................1101 A. Strategic Retirements ............................................................ 1101 B. Incentives for Young Nominees........................................... 1110 C. Random Distribution of Appointments .............................. 1116 III. THE SOLUTION AND WHY IT SOLVES THE PROBLEM...........1119 A. Outline of the Proposed Constitutional Amendment........ 1119 B. The Proposed Constitutional Amendment Removes Incentives for Strategic Retirements..................................... 1120 C. The Proposed Constitutional Amendment Removes Incentives for Young Nominees........................................... 1122 D. The Proposed Constitutional Amendment Fairly Distributes Appointments..................................................... 1123 IV. WHY THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS

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拯救这个光荣的法院:一项以交错的、不可续期的18年任期取代最高法院终身任期的建议

介绍 ............................................................................. 1094年我终身任期:宪法的本质特征 ?......................................................................... 1098年2这个问题 .......................................................................... 1101年一个。战略退休 ............................................................1101 b .激励年轻的候选人 ...........................................1110 c .随机分布的任命 ..............................1116 III。解决方案及其原因...........1119一个。宪法修正案提纲........1119 B.拟议的宪法修正案取消了对战略性退休的激励.....................................1120 c提出宪法修正案将激励年轻的候选人 ...........................................1122 d拟议的宪法修正案相当分发任命 .....................................................(四)宪法修正案提议的理由

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期刊介绍： The Virginia Law Review is a journal of general legal scholarship published by the students of the University of Virginia School of Law. The continuing objective of the Virginia Law Review is to publish a professional periodical devoted to legal and law-related issues that can be of use to judges, practitioners, teachers, legislators, students, and others interested in the law. First formally organized on April 23, 1913, the Virginia Law Review today remains one of the most respected and influential student legal periodicals in the country.