The US Supreme Court didn't pursue Jacobson; federal law enforcement agencies began investigating the defendant in 1985 (on their own authority). The Supreme Court only reviewed the final appeal of Jacobson v. US, 503 US 540 (1992), hearing oral arguments on November 6, 1991 and releasing the opinion of the Court on April 6, 1992, five months later.
The total time elapsed from the investigation phase through the final 5-4 decision holding the federal government couldn't prove Jacobson would have accessed child pornography without federal agents' interference was approximately seven years.
until they die
they serve until they step down.
The Supreme court
A justice on the supreme court serves a life term.
Appointments to the Supreme Court of the US are for life.
A supreme court judge serves a life term.
For life.
For life.
Depends, and Why?
From day one. Judges were wearing black robes long before there was a US Supreme Court.
There are currently nine US Supreme Court judges and they are appointed for life.
They are allowed to serve on the Supreme Court for the entire time they are alive. In other words, a lifetime.