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Originally Posted by 12thMan

Very impressive post. My only thing with the Justices serving lifetime tenures is if the majority of them are very conservative, then their tendacies to vote may consistently lean in that direction.

So while they are indeed insulated from policy and political pressure, they are not totally impervious to it.

First, thanks. I'm not the smartest or most literate guy, but I've talked about Constitutional/Political issues ad naseum in law school. So, more than anything else, I'm just parroting what others have said.

Second, I definately agree that conservatives that get appointed to the Supreme Court tend to consistently vote as conservatives and liberals tend to vote as liberals. But, I still think that it's good that they are not beholden to a particular constituency. Moreover, conservatives that are appointed the bench oftentimes become more moderate. For example, Justices Kennedy and O'Connor were appointed with the expectation that they would vote as conservatives, but they tended to be much more even-handed than expected. Justice Stevens, the most liberal Justice on the court, was appointed by President Ford (a republican).