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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is something called "separation of powers."

This act stomps all over that.

[quote]As I have noted previously, the SCERT Act would wreak havoc by creating a process by which people could submit complaints about Supreme Court justices to a panel of five appeals-court judges in an effort to disqualify them. The complaints may draw from a specific statute or regulation or simply allege “conduct that undermines the integrity of the Supreme Court.” That would enable a flood of disqualification motions in major cases, not to mention minor ones, in which anyone who wishes to see a justice removed from a case could throw a wrench into the process. It is another way to restructure the Court: Instead of pursuing the politically toxic tactic of packing it by adding justices, influence cases by subtracting them. Even falling short of that, this new mechanism would serve as a means of intimidating justices and delaying their work.

Whitehouse’s press release announcing the upcoming committee vote on his legislation makes only a fleeting mention of the bill’s complaint mechanism and not surprisingly does not include its details. It is, after all, easier to market such a package under the label “ethics” than under “restructuring the Court.” Whitehouse and the vast majority of his Democratic colleagues likely know that court-packing is going nowhere. Senator Ed Markey’s bill to add four justices to the Court, which had two cosponsors during the last Congress, has none so far in this one.[/quote]

https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/oppose-the-democrats-latest-supreme-court-scheme/[/quote]

Lol the national review? Please cite a serious publication. There is undisputed evidence of Supreme Court Justices working in coordination(including how to vote and inserted language in to decisions written by others) with outside groups and being compensated for their coordination. This is actuality happening now not some made up hypothetical. [/quote]

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