02-01-2017, 10:41 AM
(02-01-2017, 10:26 AM)GMDino Wrote: What if they had a particular retirement age? 65 or 70 say.
And they know they can't be removed otherwise so it would be the same as now only with a predetermined end date.
An age cap is an effective term limit, though. It would still politicize the position more. Think of it this way, any way that you can look at a justice's seat and know when it is going to become empty will allow the bench to become more politicized.
I'm not sitting here and just saying this is wrong, mind you. Just that the reason is a lifetime appointment is to reduce the politicization, and any move to put a limit on their service will make it more politicized. There is no way around that, really.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
