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Judicial Independence
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Federal judges serve during good behavior — effectively for life — with salaries that cannot be reduced.
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A judge deciding an unpopular case answers to no election and no pay cut.
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Unelected judges hold legitimacy through consistency and reasoning, not through ballots.