Judges and Judiciary
Feb. 3, 2017
Time to end lifelong tenure on the Supreme Court
One legal scholar has called life tenure "the stupidest provision of the 1787 Constitution that has any impact today." By Warren Grimes
Warren Grimes
Professor
Southwestern University Law School
Phone: (213) 738-6804
Warren is Irving D. & Florence Rosenberg professor of law at Southwestern.
It seemed a long shot strategy. When Justice Antonin Scalia died last February, Republican senators refused to consider President Barack Obama's nominee, leaving the Supreme Court with an awkward eight members for the remainder of one term and the start of the next. Now, unexpectedly for many, the strategy has paid off. Republican senators will have an opportunity to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, ex...
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