A synthesis Paper that support lifetime tenure for US Supreme justices
Thesis Statement
“While scholars have often argued the need to review the lifetime tenure of the Supreme Court justices in the United States (Hudson, 2017; Burbank, 2006; Shafritz, Lane, & Borick, 2005); I claim that the lifetime tenure is good for the system. The life tenure is required for the justice to enable the court to efficiently discharge its’ Constitution interpretation duty for the betterment of democracy. This argument originates out of the fact that creating term limits for the appointments could come with its associated problems.”
References
Burbank, S. (2006). Alternative career resolution II: Changing the tenure of Supreme Court Justices. University Of Pennsylvania Law Review, 154(6), 1511-1550.
Hudson, W. E. (2017). American democracy in peril: Eight challenges to America’s future (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Hamilton, A. (1778). The Federalist No. 78. In Shafritz, J. M., Lane, K. S., & Borick, C. P. (Eds.), Classics of public policy (2005, pp. 285 – 290). New York, NY: Pearson Education.
