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Supreme Court Life Tenure...Once you've made, you're here for life!!
Some people think it's a GREAT idea!!
Alexander Hamilton once declared, "nothing can contribute so much to its firmness and independence as permanency in office".
Others, thinks it's gone terribly wrong.
Critic David Fagan suggests that the idea of life time appointments to the Supreme Court are outdated. "This decision, made over 225 years ago when monarchies were the main form of government, was, for the most part, due to the fear that politics would play too much of a role if the judges had to worry about losing their jobs under the king. I wonder what they'd say today. Perhaps a slight revamp, Your Majesty?"
Recently journalist Timothy Noah went so far as to say, "Life terms might make sense if Supreme Court justices had life spans comparable to those of rock stars. But they don’t. Possibly because they don’t typically abuse drugs, or possibly because they don’t fly as often on private planes, Supreme Court justices live much, much longer than rock stars."
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Part 2:
Who is on the Supreme COurt?
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