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Originally Posted by Mick
It’s up to the President as per the Constitution, to nominate and appoint Supreme Court Justices, they still have to be confirmed via the Senate. A president can appoint as many justices as he needs to, all 9 justices if they retired or died, the President can appoint all 9 and they have no term limits either. Justice Kennedy who is retiring, he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed in 1988. A 30 year tenure.
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Yeah but he was asking why the President is given that right. I am not clear what the founders had in mind other than my assumption that someone has to pick them.