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I would choose that over the alternative.
by sigzero 13y ago
I would choose that over the alternative.
- DannyBee 13y agoExcept it's quickly reaching the point where they don't even have a quorum of judges. A number of circuits are having to pull judges from other circuits in order to decide cases ...
- talmand 13y agoIs this problem across the board or just for posts that are life-long appointments? I can understand the dilemma over life-long appointments but for judges easily replaced in the future then I fail to see what the hold-up is about.
- nknighthb 13y agoLife tenure is all we're talking about here. It's all that exists in federal courts of general jurisdiction. Every federal district, circuit, and supreme court judge appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate is life tenure. Magistrates, who operate only on the district court level (not in the appellate courts or supreme court), are not Article III judges. They're appointed by the actual Article III judges without input from the President or Senate, and they can handle cases only by the consent of both parties, and their rulings are appealable to an actual Article III district court judge.