Before reading into this topic, I did not know much about the Supreme Court. I knew that it had jurisdiction to decide what is constitutional and not, but the inner workings have always been a bit of a mystery to me. It is interesting to learn that the president is the one to nominate new judges. I remember hearing about new additions to the Supreme Court during Donald Trump's presidency, but I did not know that he was the one to actually nominate them. This process can be beneficial under a trustworthy president, but it could also be a detriment to the values of the role. If a sitting president has extreme bias, they could nominate whoever they want. The upside to this process is that the person in question has to be accepted by the Senate.
A fact about the Supreme Court that surprised me was that sitting justices would serve until they died or retired. In other aspects of government, there is a term limit, like for the president. I am not well versed in all the processes of being a justice, but this seems like a dangerous amount of time. It does not seem like there are measures to make sure a justice is still fit to serve years after they are placed into power. On one hand, it is beneficial for the same people to stay as judges because they have years of experience running the country, but on the other hand, it is dangerous to have people remain in power without checkings to see if they are still fit to serve.
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