Editing Politics of the United States (section)

====Electing Supreme Court justices====
With an implementation of [[Term limits in the United States|term limits]] and holding elections for [[Supreme court|Supreme Court justices]], the United States could solve the contentious battle for when Supreme Court members unexpectedly die. [[Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937|Packing the Supreme Court proposals]] would fade away if an election was going to decide the outcome. Thirty-three states already elect their [[state supreme court]]s. William Watkins Jr., a [[constitution]]al [[scholar]] from the [[Independent Institute]] on [[National Public Radio]], stated his proposal for 8 to 10-year one-time term limits, he also said justices are supposed to be like umpires calling balls and strikes in the game but are acting more like [[Coach (sport)|coaches]] tinkering with starting lineups, and calling [[Hit and run (baseball)|hit and runs]]. Local [[district attorney]]s and [[Sheriffs in the United States|county sheriffs]] are elected<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ignitenational.org/blog/local-politics-101-the-role-of-a-district-attorney#:~:text=Is%20a%20District%20Attorney%20elected,chief%20executive%20of%20the%20jurisdiction |title=Local Politics 101: The Role of a District Attorney }}</ref> and so could Supreme Court justices. The [[United States Senate]] used to be appointed by [[State legislature (United States)|state legislatures]] before the [[Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|17th Amendment]] was passed in 1913 for them to be elected. A [[Second Constitutional Convention of the United States|second constitutional convention]] of the states to [[Amendments to the Constitution of the United States|amend the Constitution]] could be a way for this reform to proceed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2010/06/28/128168260/op-ed-supreme-court-justices-should-be-elected |title=Op-Ed: Supreme Court Justices Should be Elected |work=NPR }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/should-we-restructure-the-supreme-court/ |title=Should we restructure the Supreme Court? |date=March 2, 2020 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=2817 |title=A Role for the People in Judicial Selection &#124; William J. Watkins, Jr }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/17th-amendment#:~:text=Prior%20to%20its%20passage%2C%20senators,senators%20to%20six%2Dyear%20terms |title=17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913) |date=September 15, 2021 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.termlimits.com/progress/ |title=Term Limits Convention Progress Map |date=June 16, 2018 }}</ref>