Judiciary term limits and Federalist 78

Reasons for term limits:

Ability to appoint older and more experienced judges, resignation time, too political

Against term limits:

Too political, inability to gain experience (longer your a judge, more knowledge gained), lame duck period, maintains a string and independent judiciary branch

Did Hamilton like term limits?

No

How is the judicial branch classified?

The least dangerous, weakest branch

Why should the judiciary remain independant?

Barrier to congressional opinions, objective, removes bias

If a law is written that does not align with Constitution, who decides?

Judges

Who wrote federalist 78?

Alexander Hamilton

What is life tenure?

If judges behave, they can stay a judge for life

Does Federalist 78 argue for or against term limits?

Against, no term limits help to stay independent and impartial, don’t have to please the people, increases expertise, no lame duck period when switching judges

What branch to the courts check?

Legislative branch

What is the main idea of Federalist 78?

Argues for no term limits for the judicial branch