I agree to a point, but I think its more a lack of training than a purely age thing. Yes, "grandpa judge" might not be able to learn new things now, but they c

I agree to a point, but I think its more a lack of training than a purely age thing. Yes, "grandpa judge" might not be able to learn new things now, but they could have put effort into learning things then. Even if hardly anyone uses FORTRAN any more, being familiar with the field then has got to count for something now. I'm not saying a judge should know every field - far from it - but if they could read around just one other subject while in law school and specialise in law surrounding that subject, we may have a hope of having $field literate judges in the future.