However, as we continue to advance in modernity as a more cohesive society, one morally clearer and more egalitarian than ever before, there has been unnecessary scrutiny of our fundamental institutions and core beliefs, divorced from the stated intent of our founding fathers and our governing documents. From that springs a pejorative analysis of our justices and their length of employment. The argument made by Carrington and others is one predicated on the idea that lifelong tenureship creates stagnation. But it is the framing of this argument that is critical: one should not analyze this concept in terms of time; rather, the benefit of experience and tenure brought to this critical third branch of our government: it was these lifelong justices who changed traditional norms, who allowed for more racial equality, who gave more rights to women, and who made it so citizens’ could do as they please, even if it was to the displeasure of the Federal Government, of which the Supreme Court happens to be a part.
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