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A lifetime appointment does not mean they are not accountable. The federal government was designed with so-called "checks and balances", and impeaching a federa
by Alupis 2y ago
A lifetime appointment does not mean they are not accountable. The federal government was designed with so-called "checks and balances", and impeaching a federal judge is one of those checks and balances. Congress can impeach and remove any federal judge.
- jachee 2y ago> A lifetime appointment does not mean they are not accountable. Likewise, people getting hired to agency positions doesn’t mean they are not accountable, plus they usually come with domain-specific expertise, and it doesn’t take a literal act of congress to change them.