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In 1–2 sentences, analyze the advantages and disadvantages of lifetime tenure for Supreme Court justices.

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Lifetime tenure insulates justices from political pressure, fostering judicial independence, long-term legal stability, and accumulation of institutional expertise. However, it can reduce accountability, risk age-related decline or ideological entrenchment, incentivize strategic timing of retirements, and make the Court less responsive to evolving democratic preferences.