The Court originally had three judges, who were given lifetime appointments.
He was the first black person given a lifetime appointment on the Federal bench.
He does not have a lifetime appointment and a peerage.
What standards of scholarly achievement were used to support his lifetime appointment?
Unlike the case when we consider legislation, the Senate has no second chance in passing on lifetime appointments.
"It would require more of an effort at consensus for lifetime appointments."
And they hold lifetime appointments, likely to last far beyond the term of the President who nominates them.
Income was not the lure for many of the lawyers who accepted a lifetime appointment as judge.
Slow work, but with a lifetime appointment, who cared about time?
End the policy of making federal judges lifetime appointments.