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LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 11:51 AM Jun 2012

Here's why we need to get Obama re-elected

John Roberts - age 57
Antonin Scalia - age 76
Anthony Kennedy - age 75
Clarence Thomas - age 65
Ruth Bader Ginsberg - age 79
Steven Breyer - Age 73
Samuel Alito - Age 62
Sonia Sotomeyer - Age 58
Elena Kagan - Age 52

The new thing is making sure you appoint justices who are young enough so they can still be serving decades after you're out of office. There are 4 justices over the age of 73. Who do you want appointing their replacements?

BTW I know Ginsberg is soon ready to retire but I hope she waits until after the election. I think any retirement done before the election will be held-up until the next president is decided.

BTW I didn't realize how young Clarence Thomas is. That guy has got to be the worlds worst Supreme Court justice ever and he's already done 22 years on the bench but is only 64. He could be there another 2 decades of bad work!

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