Make the Supreme Court’s 4-4 Split Permanent
An Equal Number of Conservative and Liberal Justices Would Promote Compromise, Not Stalemate
Since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia earlier this year, the U.S. has obsessed over how and when to fill his sizable void on the Supreme Court. Much is at stake. Whether it is one of President Obama’s last significant acts or a major early decision by our next president, the new appointment will break the deadlock on a Supreme Court currently divided four-to-four between liberal and conservative justices.
But should we really break the deadlock? In fact, the country would be better off if this temporary division of judicial power …