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CMV: Lifetime appointments for judges are a terrible idea.

In the aftermath of RBG's passing, many people are scared about what the appointment of a conservative justice would do the Supreme Court. I'm watching all of this from Australia, where our federal judges legally have to retire at the age of 70, and state and territory judges retire from the age of 62 - 72 depending on the local laws. 

It is common knowledge that people deteriorate mentally as they age, and that it is much harder to learn new skills and information later in life. It makes no sense to give elderly people the power to reshape society, or to expect them to move with the times as social mores change. It makes even less sense to lock them into those positions until they die. 

The idea that the death of one person can put hundred of millions of people's rights at risk is crazy. If you had judges retiring at 70, not only would the court be more balanced, you wouldn't have to pray that an 87 year old with cancer clings to life to guard against your political opponents.

These rules were written when most people could not reasonably expect to live to 87. Medical science has made the idea of lifetime appointments obsolete, and in my opinion, dangerous.
gpt
Both sides of the aisle in America would likely agree with this to some extent, but an agreement on an alternative would be near impossible to come by, and it's also near impossible to ever change anything about how the government works in America.