Supreme Court and civil rights

• Justices are appointed for life

  the president or Congress cannot remove them if the make decisions that they do not like
• Vacancies on the Supreme Court only occur if a current justice dies, retires or is impeached


  Prevents the other branches of government packing the Court with their allies
• The Constitution prevents the salary of the justices being lowered during their time in office


  The salary is fixed so they do not have to concerned about repercussions from the president or Congress if they vote against them in a case
• In 2022, Supreme Court associate justices were paid $274,200 a year while the chief justice was paid $286,7000
• Justices are nominated by the president and approved by the Senate


  prevents one branch from dominating the SUpreme Court and filling it with people of an ideology similar to theirs
• Separation of powers


  protects the Cort's independence by giving Judges their own power