Comments on: End Life Tenure for Supreme Court Justices? http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/end_life_tenure.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:17:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Jason Steed http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/end_life_tenure.html/comment-page-1#comment-52457 Jason Steed Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:40:23 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/end-life-tenure-for-supreme-court-justices.html#comment-52457 Does your version of the Constitution say something about having only nine Supreme Court Justices? Mine doesn't.... So what would prevent having Justices in senior status? Personally, I wouldn't implement the senior status -- I would simply turn the judges loose after they served their time. But I can't see why a senior status system would be disallowed by the Constitution. Does your version of the Constitution say something about having only nine Supreme Court Justices? Mine doesn’t…. So what would prevent having Justices in senior status?

Personally, I wouldn’t implement the senior status — I would simply turn the judges loose after they served their time. But I can’t see why a senior status system would be disallowed by the Constitution.

]]> By: KipEsquire http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/end_life_tenure.html/comment-page-1#comment-52456 KipEsquire Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:57:10 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/end-life-tenure-for-supreme-court-justices.html#comment-52456 <i>"After 18 years, justices would move to senior status, retaining the perquisites of federal judges but no longer hearing cases except to fill in for vacancies."</i> Can someone point me to where the term "senior status" appears in Article III? My version of the Constitution seems to be missing a page or two. “After 18 years, justices would move to senior status, retaining the perquisites of federal judges but no longer hearing cases except to fill in for vacancies.”

Can someone point me to where the term “senior status” appears in Article III? My version of the Constitution seems to be missing a page or two.

]]> By: Jason Steed http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/end_life_tenure.html/comment-page-1#comment-52455 Jason Steed Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:11:52 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/end-life-tenure-for-supreme-court-justices.html#comment-52455 Agreed. Though I would push for 12 years instead of 18. I would also limit senators to 12 years, and representatives to 10. (The president is already limited to 8.) Agreed. Though I would push for 12 years instead of 18. I would also limit senators to 12 years, and representatives to 10. (The president is already limited to 8.)

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