General Discussion

This is a bad institution, based on ... probably compromise or mistakes in writing the constitution, and scope creep that it has managed to do on its own. It should be closed as part of a complete overhaul of how we manage the judiciary in the US.
We need something else. I feel we all could agree on this - sometimes it rules in ways we like, but they are just as crazy and arbitrary at times as the rulings we don't like.
The German model is interesting but also has had some problems, so we are unlikely to find a perfect model or solution.