Almost never....
We just had a debate here at U of I about judges being elected vs. appointed for life. One of the representatives from the pro-election camp cited some seriously disturbing statistics about how many federal judges have ever been removed from the bench or even censured.
I wish I could cite the statistics but it was like 1/10th of a percent.
Unless it is an election year you REALLY have to screw the pooch to get kicked off the bench.
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