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We could just appoint them until a given age, let's say 70 for example, and then guarantee lifetime benefits after that but they no longer serve. It has all th
by ihumanable 3y ago
We could just appoint them until a given age, let's say 70 for example, and then guarantee lifetime benefits after that but they no longer serve.
It has all the same benefits of a lifetime tenure, they don't need to worry about retaliation, they wouldn't be _more_ likely to accept bribes since they will still have income and benefits for their retirement, etc.
- philsnow 3y ago> all the same benefits of a lifetime tenure Well, unless the person strongly values the contribution to society that being a judge represents. If there's another career they could go into and still practice into their 90s, maybe they'd prefer that.
- ipcress_file 3y agoCanada's Senate has a mandatory retirement age of 75. So that's a perfectly workable solution.