[LibertarianLiz]

Thank you for your reply. I have one more question. Can these judges be removed for incompetence? With their rate of overturned opinion being 29 out of 30 opinions, it seems that a look at the competence of the judges sitting on this bench is warranted.

[aristeides]

I guess it depends on what's meant by "incompetence." Judge Pickering was successfully impeached for being a drunkard and insane around 1801. Jefferson's party then went after Supreme Court Justice Chase, who had made intemperate statements from the bench. A majority in the House impeached him, but the vote against him in the Senate was less than two-thirds, so that he kept his seat.