Question

Though the constitution limits the terms of congress and the president to a specific number of years, it does not set such a limit for federal judges. why do you think this is so?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The Constitution does not limit the terms of Congressmen or Senators, and a number have served for decades, dying in office. The Constitution specifies that Supreme Court justices, and federal judges, shall hold office "during good behaviour," which means they don't have fixed terms of office. Once appointed (and confirmed by the Senate) they can be removed by impeachment for "bad behaviour," which Congress is free to define.

The only office defined by the Constitution which has a term limit is that of the President and Vice-President, and that is only because of the 22nd Amendment, passed after FDR had broken tradition and sought a 3rd and 4th term in office. Before that, tradition established by George Washington had been that a President would not serve more than two terms. But it wasn't in the Constitution.

As for why federal judges don't have a fixed term of office, subject to re-election: because they aren't elected in the first place. They're appointed by the President, and confirmed by the Senate. They're supposed to be resistant to the fashionable impulses of the day, and be a check on the ability of an electorate mad about something to commit sweeping changes to the republic.