- Lifetime appointment - can't be fired without 67 votes in US Senate
- SCOTUS sits in judgement of itself
- Another failure of honor
Only Congress has the authority to remove an Article III judge. This is done through a vote of impeachment by the House and a trial and conviction by the Senate. As of September 2017, only 15 federal judges have been impeached, and only eight have been convicted.
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