any thoughts on a better way to select a supreme court judge?

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6. Unfortunately, great structures set up by true statesmen are only as good as the people in them

They set up a structure to try to partisan judges by having them avoid having to campaign for their seat.

So instead, partisan elected officials now simply appoint justices they know will be partisan.

The republicans underlying problem is that neither the president nor the senate are truly democratic institutions (nor is the house, for that matter). Republicans have an advantage in all three cases due to gerrymandering and small state effects.

If we could restore balance in the presidency and the senate, that would go a long way toward restoring sanity to the appointment of justices.