Student Activity: Read the articles and view the videos to help you determine your opinion on the following question: Should Supreme Court justices have lifetime tenure?


Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution states “The judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour . . .” which means that the only ways for a justice to be removed from the Supreme Court are death, retirement, or impeachment.


http://www.scotusblog.com/2007/09/life-tenure-term-limits-and-supreme-court-justices/


https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/The+Federalist+Papers (Federalist 78)


http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/06/life-tenure-is-too-long-for-supreme-court-justices/304134/


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rethink-life-tenure/2016/02/21/891d9d4c-d72e-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_story.html


http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/10/lazarus.federal.judges/


http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4554057/life-tenure-supreme-court-justices


http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2013/09/constitution-check-should-supreme-court-justices-have-limits-on-their-time-in-office/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5gAVO6op8A