Should Supreme Court Justices be elected?

[migrendel]

I believe the consequences of an elected Supreme Court could be disastrous. The freedom to decide cases on their merits and not on public opinion would no longer exist.

When I hear about an elected Supreme Court, I remember how bitterly controversial Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Miranda v. Arizona, Loving v. Virginia, Engel v. Vitale, Texas v. Johnson, and Lawrence v. Texas were when first decided. All of those cases affirmed human freedom and the dignity and worth of all of our citizens. I cannot imagine what calamities could have occured if an Earl Warren, William O. Douglas, Harry Blackmun, William Brennan, or Thurgood Marshall was a victim of a coordinated attempt to be unseated, only to be replaced by a judge who cares not about what the Constitution says, but about what they would prefer to be our nation's policy. I daresay the legacy of Constitutional liberty, crafted by dedicated jurists, would be far less rich when the time came to pass it on to our children.

In short, for liberty to continue, the status quo must be preserved.

[migrendel]

If a decision is really bad, we do have an appellate system. You can go through several courts before a case is decided once and for all. I would simply suggest acceptance of Supreme Court decisions, or a reconsideration of what you think is judicial activism.