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Originally Posted by Guest
Yep, and they use their opinion and ideology to interpret the constitution. We need term limits for them as much as we need term limits for congress. If they can't even agree with each other, then how do you figure that they are correct in their interpretation?
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If you are a student of the US Constitution, you will know that the lifetime terms of the justices is set forth in Article III. The justices are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The justices can resign or be removed by impeachment and convicted.
To impose term limits would involve a Constitutional amendment process which would take years (if ever) to accomplish.
Whenever a vacancy occurs on the Court, the President will try to fill the vacancy with a judge of the same political mindset of the President. It always doesn't work. George W. nominated John Roberts to the Court, didn't he?
