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Asked 12 April 2014

Is anyone familiar with procedures in countries other than the United States to remove judges for reasons other than criminal conduct?

In the US federal judges are appointed for life. A student from France asked me about procedures to remove federal judges who may suffer from a mental disability but who have not committed some sort of crime which would warrant removing them from their positions. It's actually a tricky issue in the US (http://uslaw.blogbaker.com/2014/04/05/federal-judges-are-appointed-for-life-what-if-a-ju).
I was wondering about procedures in other countries.
Daniel Aaron Edelson
St. John's University
Thanks!