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Appointed by politicians = political appointee in my book. But yes, they are lifetime political appointees. "Supreme Court justices serve lifetime appointments
by danenania 4y ago
Appointed by politicians = political appointee in my book. But yes, they are lifetime political appointees.
"Supreme Court justices serve lifetime appointments specifically so that they are not subject to political interference."
I also think this is naive. In my view, they serve lifetime appointments because they don't want to give up power, and no one's been able to force them to so far.
- adastra22 4y agoIt’s written into the constitution.
- danenania 4y agoAnd?
- adastra22 4y ago(1) it is not the case that they serve lifetime appointments "because they don't want to give up power." They serve lifetime appointments because the framers of the constitution decided it was better for the court to be structured that way hundreds of years before they were born. (2) Forcing them to give up power, as you put it, would require a constitutional amendment, which is not something any one person can do.
- danenania 4y agoWhat I'm questioning is that the motivation for lifetime appointments ever had anything to do with avoiding political interference. Regardless of the claimed justification, I think lifetime appointments were just a naked, cynical power grab by factions that favored oligarchy over democracy, and have remained so to this day.