I've been doing some calculating and I've noticed something about the SC Justices of the last 70 years. I took those 70 years and divided them into two equal parts of 35 years each. I calculated how many years of service on the Court for all members who retired or died in office during the period of 7/1/1936 to 7/1/1971 and then I did the same for the period of 7/1/1971 to 7/1/2006.
During the 1936-1971 period, a total of 23 people retired/died and their average length of service was a little over 13 years.
During the 1971-2006 period, the number of people who retired/died was only 12 and their average length of service was 26 years -- almost exactly twice as much.
Lately SC Justices have been staying on the Court for twice as long as they formerly did. They are now staying for as long as 6 1/2 presidential terms.
What's up? Why do they stay longer?
2006-10-13 05:04:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
SC Justice is for life if they want it. Longer life spans and younger appointees is the reason. A SC Justice is doing a job they want to do. Why would they want to leave something they like doing?
2006-10-13 05:18:15 · answer #1 · answered by namsaev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Supreme Court justices serve for life once they are appointed. You add that into that we are living longer thanks to technological advances and that is why they stay longer.
2006-10-13 05:12:15 · answer #2 · answered by dolphinluver22000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THe first answer says it....That appointment is a life time appointment....and people are living longer, which means they are able to work longer....
2006-10-13 05:14:36 · answer #3 · answered by yetti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋