[pen2l]

> These nine people are unelected and appointed to their positions for life.

That's not entirely true, the people voted for them by proxy. We live in a republic not an athenian democracy, this is how a lot of things work, it's how it's supposed to work.

And I would further argue that the justices are pillars of the government in that the foundations are not easily swayed if indeed they are impervious to the temporal whims of galvanized crowds.

This was ultimately the choice of the country within the current framework of the government.