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| Mar 4, 2018 at 22:46 | comment | added | tj1000 | True, but a judge has to get really out of hand to invoke impeachment. Generally speaking, judges can't be impeached just because the party in power doesn't like them, so they tend to remain somewhat free of political pressure. | |
| Mar 4, 2018 at 9:12 | comment | added | reirab | "However, judges generally can't be removed once installed" That's not really true. Congress can impeach federal judges. It's just very rare for them to do so. States have their own differing laws for removing judges. In some states (including mine) many judicial positions are elected or at least must be confirmed by popular vote. | |
| Mar 4, 2018 at 1:33 | history | answered | tj1000 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |