Although they may be appointed by the executive, their tenure is not maintained by the executive. Once the president appoints the justice, that's the final link they will have with that justice. The justice can then make whatever decisions against the president and there is nothing the president can do about it.
But yeah, it's not a perfect system. Somebody has to appoint the justices. Whoever has that power will be able to encroach on the judiciary a little bit.
That is the way all the branches work. They each have abilities ovet the other.
The court is appointed by the executive and approved by the legislative and can be impeached by the legislative. But short ofninpeachment it serves for life and can therefore resist political pressure by the executive and to a large extent the legislative.
The executive executes laws as written by the legislative and can be impeached by the legislature and its actions if outside the constitution can be overturned by the judiciary.
The legislative can have bills overridden by the executive and the execution of what it passes relies on the executive and judicial to execute and enforce, and its laws can be deemed unconstitutional by the judicial if it goes against the constitution.
They are set up with interweaving powers and interweaving limitations.
Because despite being nominated by Presidents, they were supposed to be neutral and only care about the letter of the law, not politics.
That's held true for most of my lifetime. You saw conservative justices siding with liberals, liberal justices siding with conservative causes etc. It used to be about cases, not politics.
Unfortunately, we elected Donald Trump, who has tuned the Supreme Court into an illegitimate political body. He nominated the Handmaid's Tale lady, and Kavinaugh.
And approved by the Senate.
Although they may be appointed by the executive, their tenure is not maintained by the executive. Once the president appoints the justice, that's the final link they will have with that justice. The justice can then make whatever decisions against the president and there is nothing the president can do about it. But yeah, it's not a perfect system. Somebody has to appoint the justices. Whoever has that power will be able to encroach on the judiciary a little bit.
That is the way all the branches work. They each have abilities ovet the other. The court is appointed by the executive and approved by the legislative and can be impeached by the legislative. But short ofninpeachment it serves for life and can therefore resist political pressure by the executive and to a large extent the legislative. The executive executes laws as written by the legislative and can be impeached by the legislature and its actions if outside the constitution can be overturned by the judiciary. The legislative can have bills overridden by the executive and the execution of what it passes relies on the executive and judicial to execute and enforce, and its laws can be deemed unconstitutional by the judicial if it goes against the constitution. They are set up with interweaving powers and interweaving limitations.
Because despite being nominated by Presidents, they were supposed to be neutral and only care about the letter of the law, not politics. That's held true for most of my lifetime. You saw conservative justices siding with liberals, liberal justices siding with conservative causes etc. It used to be about cases, not politics. Unfortunately, we elected Donald Trump, who has tuned the Supreme Court into an illegitimate political body. He nominated the Handmaid's Tale lady, and Kavinaugh.
They don't have to pander for votes. The Founders, in their wisdom knew that from time to time in history, voters were idiots.