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pan6467 · 03-16-2005, 08:45 PM

Personally, I've always wondered how it's a check and balance when you appoint the justices for life.

They can be great judges in the system and know the Constitution inside and out and have both sides loving them ...... then get appointed, know it's for life and let the power get to them or sell decisions or whatever..... and noone can really do much about it.

Also, even if I am a liberal (because right now liberal justices are doing it.... just as during Clinton, conservative justices did it) I truly despise the fact that you can have judges practically on their deathbeds, falling asleep during hearings and senile yet stay on the bench until a president from "their side" can appoint a replacement. I think that in and of itself decries change as necessary.

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pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Personally, I've always wondered how it's a check and balance when you appoint the justices for life. They can be great judges in the system and know the Constitution inside and out and have both sides loving them ...... then get appointed, know it's for life and let the power get to them or sell decisions or whatever..... and noone can really do much about it. Also, even if I am a liberal (because right now liberal justices are doing it.... just as during Clinton, conservative justices did it) I truly despise the fact that you can have judges practically on their deathbeds, falling asleep during hearings and senile yet stay on the bench until a president from "their side" can appoint a replacement. I think that in and of itself decries change as necessary. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?" Last edited by pan6467; 03-16-2005 at 08:47 PM..