The Mismeasure of Justice - What a Truly Representative Supreme Court Would Look Like - 2018

They say it's non-partisan. If you listen to the justices, they'll say that it's an intellectual discussion of ideas and language, that decisions aren't political, but rather based on abstract philosophical ideas about the original intent of the framers. And yet, the Senate sure acts like it's political. And yet, Mitch McConnell, was willing to break the rules and conventions of the Senate to avoid hearings on a Justice nominated by a Democrat.  The Supreme Court is currently a picture of minority rule. I started thinking about what it would look like if you could stand the Justices together, but scale them based on how representative their appointment was. I did the math, and formed an equation which was the average of the popular vote of the president and the percentage of the population that the confirming votes represent.  And this is a painting of how the power should be allocated. Stephen Breyer, appointed by a popular president with 97 senators confirming looms over the three Tr