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I often hear people use this argument, but I'm not sure I buy it. Won't the Justices just wait until a President of their preferred ideology is in power before
by clarkm 14y ago
I often hear people use this argument, but I'm not sure I buy it. Won't the Justices just wait until a President of their preferred ideology is in power before retiring?
Justice Ginsburg is only 79 -- both John Paul Stevens and Oliver Wendell Holmes retired when they were 90.
Edit: It looks like Ginsburg has expressed her desire to retire at 82 (in 2015), so unless she changes her mind, it will matter.
- ceejayoz 14y ago> Won't the Justices just wait until a President of their preferred ideology is in power before retiring? For the 70+ year olds on the court, that's not always up to them. If it was, the ideological makeup of the court would essentially never change.
- aaronbrethorst 14y agoGinsburg was treated for pancreatic cancer three years ago. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/CancerPreventionAndTreatment/story?id=6813420&page=1#.UImvrbR9ndk http://abcnews.go.com/Health/CancerPreventionAndTreatment/st...