The process by which organisms obtain energy from inorganic compounds instead of from light is

Chemo-synthesis

Explanation:

Chemo-synthesis occurs in bacteria and other organisms and involves the use of energy released by inorganic chemical reactions to produce food in the absence of sunlight.

the framers of the constitution insisted that federal judges be nominated instead of elected due to their desire to have judges above the shifting whims of the masses.

the hope, whether achieved or not, was that federal judges would only be beholden to the law and that by not having judges be elected, they would be protected if that law dictated an outcome that ran counter to popular opinion.