Yes, imagine 8-year terms.
Rehnquist, appointed 1972 by Nixon replaced by Carter in 1980.
Scalia, appointed 1986 by Reagan replaced by Clinton in 1994.
Kennedy, appointed 1988 by Reagan, replaced by Clinton in 1996.
Ruth Buzzi Ginsburg, appointed 1993 by Clinton would’ve reappointed by Dubya in 2001 because of a Dem Senate.
Breyer, appointed in 1994, would’ve been reappointed by Dubya in 2002 again because of a Dem Senate.
Clarence Thomas, appointed 1991 by Bush Sr. replaced by Clinton in 1999 (and it would’ve been by then-Deputy Atty Gen. Eric Holder, for whom Dubya would’ve had to reappoint in 2007 for fear of being labeled a racist and with a Dem Congress).
Chief Justice Roberts, appointed 2005 by Dubya, would’ve been replaced by Zero in 2013.
Alito, appointed 2006 by Dubya, replaced by Zero in 2014.
A good chance we’d have had an all 9 Democrat SCOTUS today with that notion.
Way to go Huckster, the stupid keeps right on rollin’.
How about the judges run for office as the local judges in my neck of the woods do?
I don’t care for appointees. People appointed to an office are usually friends, relatives,; cronies or political donors. They may not be qualified for the job.