The three branches of government provide an important system of checks and balances, but these branches are flawed. The current Congress has used it's power as the legislative branch against the executive branch, to obstruct President Barack Obama's appointment to the judicial branch, the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justices are appointed by the POTUS and approved by Congress. Since US Supreme Court justices serve without term limits the Supreme Court can stay controlled by one political party election cycle after election cycle. The simplest solution to increase bipartisanship and improve upon representation within the US Supreme Court, with as little change as possible, is not to impose term limits for appointed justices, or to require justices to be elected by voters, but by requiring that close to half of the appointed justices be made up of members of the opposing party. This means out of the nine justices, four must be justices from the opposing
The three branches of government provide an important system of checks and balances, but these branches are flawed. The current Congress has used it's power as the legislative branch against the executive branch, to obstruct President Barack Obama's appointment to the judicial branch, the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justices are appointed by the POTUS and approved by Congress. Since US Supreme Court justices serve without term limits the Supreme Court can stay controlled by one political party election cycle after election cycle. The simplest solution to increase bipartisanship and improve upon representation within the US Supreme Court, with as little change as possible, is not to impose term limits for appointed justices, or to require justices to be elected by voters, but by requiring that close to half of the appointed justices be made up of members of the opposing party. This means out of the nine justices, four must be justices from the opposing