Is a lifetime appointment for Federal judges logical?

When considering changes to the United States government I think it is important to evaluate the roles of federal judges and why the should NOT be appointed for life. This article titled Life Tenure for Federal Judges: Should it be Abolished? makes some interesting points.

How easy is to become complacent and settled into a job that you know you will have for life? The only reason you lose your job is being impeached for violating certain rules and laws. Well if you are a federal judge, that is the exact position you would find yourself in. This is just ridiculous, when you consider how many qualified candidates are possibly overlooked simply because their timing was wrong. Being a federal judge comes with quite a bit of power, and not to mention they have the ability to interpret the laws of our country in basically whatever way they see fit. When you also consider that federal judges are appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate then its hard to believe that their is not a biased point of view in the process of appointing judges, as the president surely appoints these judges who represent their party.  In other words judges who are appointed, are done so with the idea that they can help further the agenda of the party in power.

So how should it be done? Lets look at our options. We could elect them through a vote, but it that in our best interest? I say no, absolutely not. If we were to have elections for judges, then the judges have to put a campaign together, and with campaigns come campaign contributions, which as we know, comes with a lot of lobbying. We don't want our judges being influenced by whomever contributed the most money to the campaign, we want judges who are neutral and will uphold the integrity of our constitution. So I believe the best way to do it would be to allow the senate, house of representatives, and the president, all come together to make a decision of who should be federal judges. Now I know that if all three sections are controlled by one party or another, then you will see many of the same processes we have today, but at least you have more heads who contribute to that decision.  Furthermore, judges should be appointed to a one time fixed amount of time. I still believe it should be a lengthy amount of time, say ten or twenty years, to allow for consistency in our courtrooms, but also preventing complacency.  This is a very complex subject and has many things factoring in but it is absolutely absurd to appoint some to a position of such power for a lifetime, and needs to be seriously reevaluated.