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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Do the justices get protection like the president? Seems like they should have better protection since they are lifers while the president is only max 8 years.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Like all federal court officials, they are protected by US Marshals

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    I only just learned about this when I started a new gubment job. Wild stuff.

    Now, as to what really needs to happen here, Thomas, at the very least, should face corruption and bribery charges. Maybe conspiracy to commit, too.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    they are protected by US Marshals

    I'm assuming after this?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Federal judges sometimes don't want protection around them and it's not like the Secret Service and the President. While the Secret Service can tell the President what must happen, the Marshals can't mandate protection details. But, when things like that happen, they certainly do.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The idea was to ensure that the court never became political. This obviously didn’t work out, but the framers had good intentions.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    while the president is only max 8 years.

    10, technically, but it doesn't change your point. Just felt like doing an ackshully.

    #sorrynotsorry

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    10? i thought as long as they didnt get the majority of the term they could keep going (so thereoretically infinite)

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Per the 22nd Amendment, someone who has held the office for more than two years of someone else's elected term is limited to a single elected term of their own. So if you've done two or fewer, you are still eligible to be elected twice. Those two initial years plus your two elected terms would be ten years.

    No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

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