re: Why is the the appointment to the Supreme Court a lifetime appointment?

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Why is the the appointment to the Supreme Court a lifetime appointment?

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I think the for life thing has turned out to be a bad idea but I do think that if it's going to work, it needed to outlive at least 3 terms of President. Perhaps 4.

Of course, when they wrote the constitution, I'm not sure anyone had any idea that the court would become what it is today. For all practical purposes, it has the ability to be a judicial junta.