Should SCOTUS require 6-3 votes to decide rather than "simple majority"?

[bucs90]

Someone brought up the pro gun ruling of SCOTUS as 5-4. So was Gay marriage.

Should SCOTUS be required to have a 6-3 ruling before something is law?

Many government bodies require 2/3 rather than a simple majority.

Should the daily thoughts of ONE person sway a nation? Heck....a murderer can go free with an 11-1 "guilty" vote because one man thought different.

SCOTUS nullified a lot of gun control with a 5-4.
Mandated national homo marriage with 5-4.
Unleashed corporate checkbooks onto political campaigns...5-4.
Mandated we buy healthcare. ..5-4.

Those are massive shifts in Americans history...because a couple brains thought different that day.

 

[Syriusly]

Someone brought up the pro gun ruling of SCOTUS as 5-4. So was Gay marriage.

Should SCOTUS be required to have a 6-3 ruling before something is law?

Many government bodies require 2/3 rather than a simple majority.

Should the daily thoughts of ONE person sway a nation? Heck....a murderer can go free with an 11-1 "guilty" vote because one man thought different.

SCOTUS nullified a lot of gun control with a 5-4.
Mandated national homo marriage with 5-4.
Unleashed corporate checkbooks onto political campaigns...5-4.
Mandated we buy healthcare. ..5-4.

Those are massive shifts in Americans history...because a couple brains thought different that day.

So instead of being decided by 1 person's vote, it would be decided by 2 persons vote....and that would be what- twice as gooder?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Someone brought up the pro gun ruling of SCOTUS as 5-4. So was Gay marriage.

Should SCOTUS be required to have a 6-3 ruling before something is law?

Many government bodies require 2/3 rather than a simple majority.

Should the daily thoughts of ONE person sway a nation? Heck....a murderer can go free with an 11-1 "guilty" vote because one man thought different.

SCOTUS nullified a lot of gun control with a 5-4.
Mandated national homo marriage with 5-4.
Unleashed corporate checkbooks onto political campaigns...5-4.
Mandated we buy healthcare. ..5-4.

Those are massive shifts in Americans history...because a couple brains thought different that day.

Obviously you're unaware of how comprehensively ignorant and ridiculous this post is.

 

[rightwinger]

Constitution says a majority

Court decisions are on how the law is applied. Why should a minority decision dictate how the law is applied?

 

[defcon4]

Actually simple majority is nothing else but a clusterfuck. Every law should be passed by 2/3s of majority. Every presidential election should be decided by 2/3s majority of the votes and if necessary hold run off elections until it is reached. Simple majority divides the nation down to half.

 

[rightwinger]

The Same Sex Marriage decision was a decision on whether the 14th amendment applies or not

Why should four of nine judges get to decide that it does not apply?

 

[The VOR]

Someone brought up the pro gun ruling of SCOTUS as 5-4. So was Gay marriage.

Should SCOTUS be required to have a 6-3 ruling before something is law?

Many government bodies require 2/3 rather than a simple majority.

Should the daily thoughts of ONE person sway a nation? Heck....a murderer can go free with an 11-1 "guilty" vote because one man thought different.

SCOTUS nullified a lot of gun control with a 5-4.
Mandated national homo marriage with 5-4.
Unleashed corporate checkbooks onto political campaigns...5-4.
Mandated we buy healthcare. ..5-4.

Those are massive shifts in Americans history...because a couple brains thought different that day.

Obviously you're unaware of how comprehensively ignorant and ridiculous this post is.

But you have to admit, he is consistent.

 

[Skylar]

Someone brought up the pro gun ruling of SCOTUS as 5-4. So was Gay marriage.

Should SCOTUS be required to have a 6-3 ruling before something is law?

Many government bodies require 2/3 rather than a simple majority.

Should the daily thoughts of ONE person sway a nation? Heck....a murderer can go free with an 11-1 "guilty" vote because one man thought different.

SCOTUS nullified a lot of gun control with a 5-4.
Mandated national homo marriage with 5-4.
Unleashed corporate checkbooks onto political campaigns...5-4.
Mandated we buy healthcare. ..5-4.

Those are massive shifts in Americans history...because a couple brains thought different that day.

The problem with that idea is that it creates a gray zone where no ruling can be offered and no resolution can be met. As a 5-4 ruling would neither overrule nor uphold a lower court ruling.

 

[2aguy]

Someone brought up the pro gun ruling of SCOTUS as 5-4. So was Gay marriage.

Should SCOTUS be required to have a 6-3 ruling before something is law?

Many government bodies require 2/3 rather than a simple majority.

Should the daily thoughts of ONE person sway a nation? Heck....a murderer can go free with an 11-1 "guilty" vote because one man thought different.

SCOTUS nullified a lot of gun control with a 5-4.
Mandated national homo marriage with 5-4.
Unleashed corporate checkbooks onto political campaigns...5-4.
Mandated we buy healthcare. ..5-4.

Those are massive shifts in Americans history...because a couple brains thought different that day.

I would be for it....or for the Congress having the ability to overrule the Supreme Court......9 unelected people, serving for life without having to be accountable, should not have the final say on what is or isn't constitutional.....

 

[Skylar]

Someone brought up the pro gun ruling of SCOTUS as 5-4. So was Gay marriage.

Should SCOTUS be required to have a 6-3 ruling before something is law?

Many government bodies require 2/3 rather than a simple majority.

Should the daily thoughts of ONE person sway a nation? Heck....a murderer can go free with an 11-1 "guilty" vote because one man thought different.

SCOTUS nullified a lot of gun control with a 5-4.
Mandated national homo marriage with 5-4.
Unleashed corporate checkbooks onto political campaigns...5-4.
Mandated we buy healthcare. ..5-4.

Those are massive shifts in Americans history...because a couple brains thought different that day.

I would be for it....or for the Congress having the ability to overrule the Supreme Court......9 unelected people, serving for life without having to be accountable, should not have the final say on what is or isn't constitutional.....

Then congress would rule on the constitutionality of their own laws. Congress would be completely unchecked.

 

[rightwinger]

Someone brought up the pro gun ruling of SCOTUS as 5-4. So was Gay marriage.

Should SCOTUS be required to have a 6-3 ruling before something is law?

Many government bodies require 2/3 rather than a simple majority.

Should the daily thoughts of ONE person sway a nation? Heck....a murderer can go free with an 11-1 "guilty" vote because one man thought different.

SCOTUS nullified a lot of gun control with a 5-4.
Mandated national homo marriage with 5-4.
Unleashed corporate checkbooks onto political campaigns...5-4.
Mandated we buy healthcare. ..5-4.

Those are massive shifts in Americans history...because a couple brains thought different that day.

I would be for it....or for the Congress having the ability to overrule the Supreme Court......9 unelected people, serving for life without having to be accountable, should not have the final say on what is or isn't constitutional.....

Congress can overrule the court

They can pass an amendment. Suppose Congress does not like the Supreme Courts Heller Decision, they can vote to repeal the second amendment with the states concurrence

Called checks and balances

 

[Skylar]

Someone brought up the pro gun ruling of SCOTUS as 5-4. So was Gay marriage.

Should SCOTUS be required to have a 6-3 ruling before something is law?

Many government bodies require 2/3 rather than a simple majority.

Should the daily thoughts of ONE person sway a nation? Heck....a murderer can go free with an 11-1 "guilty" vote because one man thought different.

SCOTUS nullified a lot of gun control with a 5-4.
Mandated national homo marriage with 5-4.
Unleashed corporate checkbooks onto political campaigns...5-4.
Mandated we buy healthcare. ..5-4.

Those are massive shifts in Americans history...because a couple brains thought different that day.

I would be for it....or for the Congress having the ability to overrule the Supreme Court......9 unelected people, serving for life without having to be accountable, should not have the final say on what is or isn't constitutional.....

Congress can overrule the court

They can pass an amendment. Suppose Congress does not like the Supreme Courts Heller Decision, they can vote to repeal the second amendment with the states concurrence

Called checks and balances

Congress can't pass an amendment. Their checks with the court come in the confirmation process and in the jurisdiction of the federal judiciary. Congress can limit the topics that the court is allowed to review.

Amendments are overwhelmingly a State matter. And can be initiated and passed with virtually no congressional involvement at all.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Someone brought up the pro gun ruling of SCOTUS as 5-4. So was Gay marriage.

Should SCOTUS be required to have a 6-3 ruling before something is law?

Many government bodies require 2/3 rather than a simple majority.

Should the daily thoughts of ONE person sway a nation? Heck....a murderer can go free with an 11-1 "guilty" vote because one man thought different.

SCOTUS nullified a lot of gun control with a 5-4.
Mandated national homo marriage with 5-4.
Unleashed corporate checkbooks onto political campaigns...5-4.
Mandated we buy healthcare. ..5-4.

Those are massive shifts in Americans history...because a couple brains thought different that day.

Obviously you're unaware of how comprehensively ignorant and ridiculous this post is.

kinda like many of the posts from this jerk we have here named c.c.jones.....

 

[M14 Shooter]

I would be for it....or for the Congress having the ability to overrule the Supreme Court.

Congress already has a considerable power over the SCotuS, not the least of which is its ability to define appellate jurisdiction.

 

[Syriusly]

Someone brought up the pro gun ruling of SCOTUS as 5-4. So was Gay marriage.

Should SCOTUS be required to have a 6-3 ruling before something is law?

Many government bodies require 2/3 rather than a simple majority.

Should the daily thoughts of ONE person sway a nation? Heck....a murderer can go free with an 11-1 "guilty" vote because one man thought different.

SCOTUS nullified a lot of gun control with a 5-4.
Mandated national homo marriage with 5-4.
Unleashed corporate checkbooks onto political campaigns...5-4.
Mandated we buy healthcare. ..5-4.

Those are massive shifts in Americans history...because a couple brains thought different that day.

I would be for it....or for the Congress having the ability to overrule the Supreme Court......9 unelected people, serving for life without having to be accountable, should not have the final say on what is or isn't constitutional.....

If you allow Congress to decide that its laws are constiutional- just pass an amendment stating that any law passed by Congress is automatically Constitutional.

It would be what you are saying.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Look at this this way -- now that liberals have 3 cases that went 5-4 in their favor, they are less likely to argue that DC v Heller means less (or nothing ) because it too went 5-4.

If they want to remain consistent, that is.

 

[Truth2Know]

When the vote is 9-0, I'm pretty sure SCOTUS got it right. When it's 5-4, not so much.