College Quote by Ira Carmen

Everyone acknowledges that there is a political part to tenure, but no one likes to admit it.

— Priyamvada Natarajan

Members of the Supreme Court have lifetime tenures because they're not supposed to do politics.

— Ben Sasse

The reason the Constitution gives judges life tenure is so they can be independent of political pressures and follow the law.

— Ted Cruz

“Tenure was originally invented to protect radical professors, those who challenged the accepted order. But we don't have such people anymore at the universities,…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Historically, professors have defended tenure as a way to protect their individualistic thought. But tenure can also be used as a club to wield…

— Ben Shapiro

By giving professors jobs for life, universities create a feeling of unanswerable power among too many. Tenured professors who are uninterested in serving the…

— Ben Shapiro

The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly institutions in…

— Francis Fukuyama

Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of…

— Paul Weyrich

That, in part, is why the Constitution's framers gave justices life tenure ? to enable them to rule wherever the law and the Constitution…

— Gerald R. Ford

What I don't like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint justices who uphold the…

— Michele Bachmann

The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard.

— Jack Welch

“You seem to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions; a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place…

— Thomas Jefferson