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Does this plan make sense? v3 (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A 36 year term is tantamount to a life term. If a young attorney or judge is elected to the Supreme Court in their 30s they might see the end of the 36 year term.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Maybe, maybe not. You wouldn’t see judges strategically timing their retirements with elections, and you wouldn’t see people faulting RBG for not stepping down under Obama. She only spent 27 years on the bench, but she was appointed at ~60.