General Discussion

... that ALL jurists should be legally required to foreswear ANY political allegiance whatsoever, and that NO politician should have ANY say in judicial appointments. It never fails that the mixture of politics and the judiciary makes a rank stew of corruption.
Judges and justices should be selected by a panel of exemplary jurists of sterling reputation, and candidates should likewise be of unassailable character.
The level of corruption that currently pollutes and poisons the three branches of government virtually assures the collapse of representative governance in America. But it doesn't have to be that way. A judicial branch that is above reproach in the eyes of the public must be established first, so that the other two will be forced to follow. The present state of affairs is unsustainable, and we must be ready to do whatever it takes to save the Great American Experiment from the bloody talons of pathologically selfish conservatism.
The Devil is in the details, and filtering out those with malign intentions is gonna be a challenge, but it'll be worth it.