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Re:Anthony Levandowski Pardoned by sittingplant on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:26AM (#25847489)
If I understand correctly, the lifetime appointment is meant to avoid political pressure. Don't you think the judges might be swayed to vote one way or another if they knew there was a vote coming up in a couple years and they'd be on the chopping block?
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Re:Anthony Levandowski Pardoned by kjakm on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:31AM (#25847557)
Couldn't this be mitigated by making terms a fixed number of years? e.g. UK Supreme Court - No life terms. Justices selected by peers + independent committees. There is one member of the government with a veto that is rarely used and highly scrutinised when it is.
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Re:Anthony Levandowski Pardoned by triceratops on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @01:08PM (#25849723)
Single 15 year term with a guaranteed pension afterward.
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