Term limits and National elections for Supreme Court Justices? Your opinions please. nt

[MicaelS]

50. National Elections, hell no. Term Limits, absolutely.

I don't have a problem at the Local or State Level with Judges being elected, we do that in Texas, but not at the Federal Level.

If it were up to me, all Federal Judicial appointments (District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, Court of Appeals, SCOTUS) would be for a 25 year term. The term would not be renewable for that particular appointment, but the clock would start over if they are promoted to a higher position in the Federal Judicial System. So if a person becomes an Associate Justice of the Court, they get a 25 year term. At the end of that time, they retire with a Federal Pension. But, after a period as an Associate Justice, they get chosen to be Chief Justice, then the clock starts over. However, no person would be permitted to serve more than a total of 40 years, even if they were appointed to several positions.

So, it would go like this:

Jane Doe gets appointed by President Smith to be a District Court Judge. She serves 8 years. Then she gets promoted to a Court of Appeals. She serves 12 years. She then gets promoted to be an Associate Justice of SCOTUS. Even though the term is for 25 years, she can only serve 20 years because she already served 20 years. After 10 years, she get chosen to be Chief Justice. The term for that is 25 years, but she could only serve 10 years as Chief. At the end of her 40 years, she has to retire. She can't serve as a Judge or Justice anywhere in the US at any level. She gets full Federal pension and benefits.