JUSTICE FOR LIFE

Why are Supreme Court justices appointed to the bench for life? The president doesn't even get that long of a term (thank God for that!).

Where else could you find a better deal than a lifetime appointment to a job? You wouldn't have to worry about ever being fired. You wouldn't have to worry about doing your job to the best of your abilities. You wouldn't even have to try and please your boss. All you would have to do is show up and not die.

Have you seen the ages and longevity of our current justices?

Rehnquist is 80 and has been there for 33 years.
Stevens is 84 and has been thee for 30 years.
Scalia is 68 and has been thee for 19 years.
Kennedy is 68 and has been thee for 17 years.
Souter is 65 and has been thee for 15 years.
Thomas is 56 and has been thee for 14 years.
Ginsburg is 71 and has been thee for 12 years.
Breyer is 66 and has been thee for 11 years.

I know you can't discriminate because of age, but would you honestly hire any one of these people if they came to you for a job? And yet they are making the laws of our country.

I'm sure it will never change, but I do wonder why not.

The California Curmudgeon.