In the United States, the term of office for federal
judges is life during "good behavior." In other words, a federal judge, once approved
by the Senate, can stay on the bench until he or she dies or decides to retire. The
only exception to this rule is that judges can be impeached for "high crimes or
misdemeanors." This is very, very rare.
The reasoning
behind this term is that judges need life terms in order to be independent. If they
could be easily removed by Congress or the President, they would tend to rule in ways
that those people wanted. This would mean that they would not truly be a check/balance
the way they are supposed to be.
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