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To: Coronal

All in favor of of mandated retirement for all judges at age 75 raise your hands.


34 posted on 02/15/2019 8:17:33 AM PST by upchuck (When a society is open, then it [the Left] canÂ’t win. ~ Daniel Greenfield)
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To: upchuck

Sen. Allen Ellender (D-LA) and Sen. Edward Burke (D-NE) proposed SC age limit during FDR’s terms.

There was another prolonged such attempt 1946-1955 led by Edwin Falk of the NYC Bar Association. The Supreme Court’s politically charged decisions in the ‘50s killed any chance for the necessary bipartisan agreement.


46 posted on 02/15/2019 8:37:54 AM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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