The Importance Of Supreme Court Justices

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 The reason why the Supreme Court justices are appointed for life because it is to avoid political pressure. The reason to avoid political pressure is that they need to be secure in their jobs, which means that they are away from any disposition to vote in a certain way. This certain way to vote is in order for them to get re-nominated and serve another term.  Some benefits of requiring justices to serve a defined and limited term are because when times change, the people do too. This being said if it was a limited term, there are things that the Federal benefits have that may not apply to the U.S. Supreme Court. Maybe it’s the best justices that receive pensions when they reach the age of retirement. As a matter of fact, the Legislation

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