The only position in the Supreme Court that is actually mentioned and established by name in the Constitution is the chief justice.
the associate justices are not officially established as a position on the court in the Constitution. The details were ironed out later after the Constitution had already been written.
Other than the chief justice, all members of the Supreme Court are simply considered federal judges and are treated as federal judges.
For this reason it would not require a constitutional amendment to reform the Supreme Court, since the Constitution does not actually include the specific requirements of a how a Supreme Court Justice is appointed they are appointed the exact same way that federal judges are and are considered the same as other federal judges. The Supreme Court does not have a specific appointment system separate from other federal courts.
There have been several suggestions of how the Supreme Court could be reformed.
one is that we take local appointments completely out of the picture and have a lottery system which create a minimum set of standards for who is allowed to be on the court, and allows each party to Place several nominees into a lottery system which would randomly select members. This would work out great since it would mean that the parties would be less inclined to appoint there more extremist members because of the danger of the other party's extremist being selected they would most likely work out some deal where moderate would be appointed and the court would be a wrong water it institution as a result.
Another suggestion is that the Supreme Court be broken up into various panels, and that all federal judges be required to serve on panels effectively meaning the off appointed federal judges would also serve as Supreme Court Justices. This could actually work out quite well as well, since it would not only allow for a more diverse Supreme Court, but would allow the court to hear far more cases with they're being far more justices at any given time to hear cases, and multiple cases could be held at any given time with different panels. The Chief Justice with then be free to run the course overall, overseeing the various panels activities, and will only really need to actively take a role in cases where the Constitution requires him to such as during impeachments.
Those two ideas could actually be done simultaneously, since the lottery system could apply to the entire federal court system and not just the Supreme Court.
the associate justices are not officially established as a position on the court in the Constitution. The details were ironed out later after the Constitution had already been written.
Other than the chief justice, all members of the Supreme Court are simply considered federal judges and are treated as federal judges.
For this reason it would not require a constitutional amendment to reform the Supreme Court, since the Constitution does not actually include the specific requirements of a how a Supreme Court Justice is appointed they are appointed the exact same way that federal judges are and are considered the same as other federal judges. The Supreme Court does not have a specific appointment system separate from other federal courts.
There have been several suggestions of how the Supreme Court could be reformed.
one is that we take local appointments completely out of the picture and have a lottery system which create a minimum set of standards for who is allowed to be on the court, and allows each party to Place several nominees into a lottery system which would randomly select members. This would work out great since it would mean that the parties would be less inclined to appoint there more extremist members because of the danger of the other party's extremist being selected they would most likely work out some deal where moderate would be appointed and the court would be a wrong water it institution as a result.
Another suggestion is that the Supreme Court be broken up into various panels, and that all federal judges be required to serve on panels effectively meaning the off appointed federal judges would also serve as Supreme Court Justices. This could actually work out quite well as well, since it would not only allow for a more diverse Supreme Court, but would allow the court to hear far more cases with they're being far more justices at any given time to hear cases, and multiple cases could be held at any given time with different panels. The Chief Justice with then be free to run the course overall, overseeing the various panels activities, and will only really need to actively take a role in cases where the Constitution requires him to such as during impeachments.
Those two ideas could actually be done simultaneously, since the lottery system could apply to the entire federal court system and not just the Supreme Court.