Judges shouldn't have lifetime appointments

And if this bill passes they will only be appointed for 6 year terms and would have to be elected by the people to continue serving.

Judges statewide would be appointed to a six-year term and then have to be reappointed by residents on an election ballot if a bill filed Monday with the state Senate becomes law.

"The only people who are not accountable to we the people of Massachusetts are the judges," Holyoke Police Chief Anthony R. Scott said Monday.

But the president of the Massachusetts Judges Conference denounced the proposed legislation, saying it would politicize the judicial process.

"The inevitable outcome is going to be a popularity contest," Conference president and Superior Court Judge Peter W. Agnes Jr. said Monday.

State Sen. Michael R. Knapik, R-Westfield, filed the legislation Monday on behalf of Scott. The proposed bill calls for the governor to appoint judges to a six-year term. After the six-year term expires, the judge's name would be placed on an election ballot for residents to reappoint to another six-year term.

Currently, judges are appointed to lifetime terms by the sitting governor after being recommended by a nominating committee and then recommended by the Governor's Council. Once they take the bench, judges are allowed to serve until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70.

The problem with judges now a days is they don't follow the law they follow their own political ideology. Judges shouldn't take their own believes and force it down peoples throats. They should take the rule of law and base their decisions on that. And when they don't do that they should be thrown out of office, whether is local judges or federal ones.