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Do judges lose their jobs after successful appeals? I'm sure it has happened, but this seems like an incredibly rare event. Yet lawyers who do their jobs poorly
by Mirioron 7y ago
Do judges lose their jobs after successful appeals? I'm sure it has happened, but this seems like an incredibly rare event. Yet lawyers who do their jobs poorly (even ones defending criminals) can get fired from being a lawyer and have consequences on their ability to practice law. For most jobs, if you do it poorly enough then there can be severe consequences that follow. Yet here there are matters of life and death at play and nobody seems to have any responsibility in their screw up. Even police officers are held accountable when great harm comes to the innocent due to what they did.
- SllX 7y agoFederally, Article III judges can be impeached and removed by Congress. Administrative and Military (Article II) judges can be fired outright or demoted. State-level, depends on the State, but in California we have something called retention elections, which rarely result in a change in office, but changes in office have come about after particularly unpopular rulings. An appeal doesn’t directly lead to jobs loss, but it doesn’t look good on your record when your judgements are regularly overturned, particularly if you aspire to a better position. Keeping your job isn’t always the only, or most important incentive if you have any kind of ambition or want to leave any kind of lasting legacy.