What is the term of office/service?
Supreme Court appointments are lifetime appointments, but protections exist to allow for the removal of Justices who abuse their power. According to Article III, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court Justices “shall hold their offices in good behavior.” The founders did not see fit to establish a term of services for federal judges, although the reference to “good behavior” provides a check on judicial conduct. Like the President, Supreme Court Justices can be removed from office by being impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted of those Articles of Impeachment by the Senate. In the history of the Supreme Court, only Associate Justice Samuel Chase, who was appointed by President George Washington in 1796 and served until his death in 1811, was ever impeached, and he was acquitted of the Articles of Impeachment against him by the Senate. Justice Abe Fortas resigned after calls for his impeachment due to a scandal involving a business deal with Wall Street fina
