By: Brian A. Klems |. | Comments 4. To submit your latest short story, essay or poem, youâll need a cover letterâwhich is much different from a query. Use these tips from inside a creative writing program to help your letter make the grade.
Federal judges are appointed for life. The term for a judge in a state court will vary from state to state and court to court. For example, in my state the circuit court judges are appointed for 10 year terms, district court & family court judges get 6 year terms. We also have per diem judges (basically, substitute judges who get called in for a day or two now and then) in the district & family court who get appointed for two terms.
Congress and the states should pass a constitutional amendment imposing an eighteenâyear, staggered term limit on the tenure of Supreme Court Justices. Under our proposal, each Justice would serve for eighteen years, and the terms would be established so that a vacancy on the Court would occur every two years at the beginning of the summer recess in every oddânumbered year.