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I'm just dumbfounded by the fact that the US Supreme Court has no term limits, age limits, or reasonable impeachment mechanism for justices that have unethical behaviour or outright lie on their job interview.

The USA is the most "at will employment" country in the world until it comes to the most critical functions of a government. It's absolutely crazy to me.



Term limits are possible with a congressional vote; an impeachment process already exists, and the only time it was invoked against a Justice was 1804.

Don't mistake politicians' unwillingness to do something for an inability to do it.


It could have all of those things, however, by act of Congress and/or constitutional amendment.




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