I can agree that there should be as much insulation from the political process as possible but I believe lifetime appointments actually increase the politicizat

I can agree that there should be as much insulation from the political process as possible but I believe lifetime appointments actually increase the politicization of the institution. There have been interesting proposals around, e.g. 18 year terms staggered in such a way that there is a new vacancy every two years or so. This has the advantage of limiting the damage a corrupt justice can do even in the event that a a corrupt appointment is made. The current system with lifetime appointments made _through_ an extremely political process with no accountability for sitting justices is awful and already looks like it may be the downfall of the institution. I am as disgusted by our politics is anyone but I am genuinely curious how we could possibly have reform and accountability for the institution without political action.