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How long is the term for Supreme Court justices?​

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The average tenure for Supreme Court justice has been 16 years. However, some associate justices have served for as long as 36 years (William O Douglas), and as short as just over 5 months (Thomas Johnson

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Supreme Court justices have life tenure, and so they serve until they die, resign or retire, or are impeached and removed from office. For the 105 non-incumbent justices, the average length of service was 6,203 days (16 years, 359 days).

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