Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life, making the Supreme Court one of the least democratic institutions in the world. Even worse, the Court now plays a political role unforeseen by the Founding Fathers. No other country has this problem. America is alone among modern constitutional democracies in allowing their high-court justices to serve without terms or age limits. Legislation has been proposed to impose term limits on Justice without amending the Constitution by assigning Justices to other judicial roles. This would go a long way toward solving current public dissatisfaction with the modern Court.

The American people are frustrated with the American election system. As a result, the United States ranks 138 out of 172 nations in voter turnout. One of the biggest reasons that working adults don’t vote is that they are too busy. Standing in long lines before morning commutes, leaving during workday to travel to assigned polling stations, or putting off family duties to reach the polls after work are luxuries many people can’t afford. Because of this, sixty-five percent of Americans are in favor of making Election Day a national holiday.

Gerrymandering is widely regarded as a distortion of the democratic process. Gerrymandering refers to any deliberate manipulation of electoral boundaries to favor one political party or group. These methods can dramatically skew election outcomes despite little change in overall voter preference. The Supreme Court has declined to review political gerrymandering by states. Congress, however, has the authority to end gerrymandering by requiring that congressional district boundaries be drawn by independent commissions.