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Originally Posted by Chloé Palmas
As for the latter it kind of goes back to a point that Damien and I were making about the ability to render a decision irrespective of political influence ; it should not stop you from impartially interpreting the law / upholding the constitution. Of course it does sometimes arise to the level of which there are conflicts of interest and when ethics arise you trust the justices to recuse wherever relevant.
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Totally agree but you see this logic inexorably leads to the position that, if you expect the appointees to "impartially interpreting the law" as you put, it then negates the reason for the political appointment in the first place.
Either accept that the political appointed SC members will, by definition, side with the party that appointed them or you support a process that is decoupled as far as practical from the influence of the Executive.