The Constitution states that Justices " shall hold their Offices during good behavior." This means that the Justices hold office as long as they choose and can only be removed from office by impeachment.
<span>The Independent Democrats and many northern Whigs abandoned their affiliations for the new antislavery Republican party, leaving southern Whigs without party links and creating an issue over which the already deeply divided Democrats would split even more.</span>
The answer is 4x = 12 and x is 3 just to be simple. Hope this helps.