[Larry Hastings] ... > > - However, once appointed, Elders are appointed is "for life". The > only way to remove one would be for them to voluntarily step down--there > would be no mechanism to remove one from office. (Perhaps this is too > strong--perhaps one could be removed by a unanimous vote from all other > Elders?) I want the Council to be immune to popular opinion, to be > empowered to do what they think is right without fear of anything beyond > negative public opinion. > > At the time the US"s founders drafted the Constitution, mean US life expectancy was about 35 years A Federal judge only had to maintain "good behavior" to keep their job, but I imagine they expected most judges would die within a decade or two regardless.
I really don't think they'd be happy with how the Supreme Court turned out - political ideologues wielding near-absolute power for decades on end. So: term limits! Say, 12 years. If there are 3 Elders, replace one every 12/3 = 4 years. At the start we can use the `secrets` module to pick which Elders get the first 4, 8, and 12-year terms ;-) Fresh blood is a good thing in all areas. > - I'm not sure how we'd replace Elders. Maybe they'd hold an > internal-only election? ("Jo has decided to step down, and we have elected > Sam as Jo's replacement.") > > Obviously, an Elder would be nominated by the President and confirmed with the advice and consent of the Senate ;-) Or, short of that, by an approval vote of the Fellows (whatever it is we call for-real PSF members these days). And I'd propose to let the Fellows remove an Elder by a 2/3rd supermajority vote (akin to the bar for impeachment of a US President).
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