Are you actually suggesting that these Courts ARE immune from politics?
Lifetime appointments more carefully assure that.
BS. Has it done that to date? No.
These Judges don't have to live under the system they create. If a Federal Judge or a Supreme Court justice were given a 12 year non renewable term, then he might be a little more realistic in his decisions knowing that someday he or she may have to actually live in the society they create by their asinine decisions.
It's simply a better system.
It has proven to be a complete failure.
Uh, actually, yes. Have you seen state court judicial elections? They are a joke. In my state, which regretfully has elected judges, judges actually campaign for the Supreme Court on overturning particular laws or rulings. Moreover, the lower judges in state courts are often woefully unqualified but keep winning reelection because of name recognition or a party machine. Heck, in my county alone, there are four judges with the same last name. And it's not Smith.
It has proven to be a complete failure.
Really? Why are plaintiffs' attorneys generally scared to death of federal court? Why do they typically fight, tooth and nail, to keep cases in state court? The answer, Marlowe, is because federal judges know what they are doing. They know the law and they don't have to worry about losing their job because of an unpopular decision.