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US government and politics
Supreme Court and civil rights
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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