Supreme Court Ages

[John F Kennedy III]

Ginsburg- 83 (D)
Kennedy- 80 (R)
Breyer- 78 (D)
Thomas- 68 (R)
Alito- 66 (R)
Roberts- 62 (R)
Sotomayor- 62 (D)
Kagan- 56 (D)

There could easily be 3 more openings in Trump's term.

[jllundqu]

Ginsberg is on her way out. Kennedy already announced he'd like to retire.... that's two.

Imagine the left's utter head-exploding when Trump puts not one, but THREE YOUNG Justices on the court.... OMG....

[Zippyjuan]

http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/23/scotus-justice-puts-retirement-rumors-to-rest-for-now/


SCOTUS Justice Puts Retirement Rumors To Rest — For Now

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will remain on the bench for at least another term, despite indications that his retirement was imminent.

Rumors abounded that Kennedy was preparing to depart the bench at the end of the Court’s current term in June 2017. Several signals tended strongly in the rumor’s favor.

Kennedy, for example, only hired one clerk for the coming term as of last month. This is highly unusual, as clerks are usually hired far in advance of their service on the Court. Secondly, he declined to teach over the summer at the McGeorge School of Law’s summer program in Salzburg, Austria, as is usually his custom. Finally, he scheduled his usual five-year reunion with his law clerks one year early, in 2017 instead of 2018.


New developments, however, suggest Kennedy plans to man his post on the high court for awhile longer. Above the Law (ATL) reports the justice has hired two additional clerks for the next term. ATL’s sprawling network of tipsters and well-placed informants usually leads them to break news on such hires. The identities of the two additional clerks have not yet been reported.

Kennedy is usually the swing vote among the justices, though he resents the characterization. President-elect Donald Trump will make at least one appointment to the Court, however, Kennedy’s vote will still be critical to the outcome of ideologically-charged cases that tend to divide the justices. As such, he will likely still enjoy his position of maximum influence for several years.

[FSP-Rebel]

No doubt Kennedy will hang in there another year or two to help his new guy get settled in. He won't be greedy and pull a Ginsburg tho.

[brushfire]

Ginsberg is an activist judge - she will likely die on the bench.

[fedupinmo]

Ginsberg is an activist judge - she will likely die on the bench.

http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cookie_monster_waiting.gif

[donnay]

Rumor has it Judge Nap is on Trump's list--that would be great!

[CaptUSA]

Rumor has it Judge Nap is on Trump's list--that would be great!

Age 66. I doubt he's going to pick the Judge.

Just another head-fake rumor to keep the liberty folks hoping. (remember the one about Tulsi Gabbard being a SoS potential? Hilarious.)

[John F Kennedy III]

Ginsberg is an activist judge - she will likely die on the bench.

Can she hurry up?

[seapilot]

Oldest normally dictates the first to go (Ginsberg), but the world does not always work that way. It could be any of them. Look what happened to Scalia. Its guaranteed 50% chance its either going to be a D or R.

[oyarde]

Ginsburg- 83 (D)
Kennedy- 80 (R)
Breyer- 78 (D)
Thomas- 68 (R)
Alito- 66 (R)
Roberts- 62 (R)
Sotomayor- 62 (D)
Kagan- 56 (D)

There could easily be 3 more openings in Trump's term.

At this point I will be happy to see Ginsburg and Breyer go . Then there should only be two commies left .

[heavenlyboy34]

Just think-if you CONstituitonalists would just reform the court you wouldn't have to work yourselves into a tizzy over *potential* openings like this. Y'all are amusing. :D

[Mach]

I wonder how many wear diapers... there needs to be an age limit.

[John F Kennedy III]

I wonder how many wear diapers... there needs to be an age limit.

I think they should be held to health standards. Especially mental health.

[Zippyjuan]

Rumor has it Judge Nap is on Trump's list--that would be great!

nope. https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-adds-to-list-of-potential-supreme-court-justice-picks


The full list of the twenty-one individuals Mr. Trump will consider is below:

1. Keith Blackwell

2. Charles Canady

3. Steven Colloton

4. Allison Eid

5. Neil Gorsuch

6. Raymond Gruender

7. Thomas Hardiman

8. Raymond Kethledge

9. Joan Larsen

10. Mike Lee

11. Thomas Lee

12. Edward Mansfield

13. Federico Moreno

14. William Pryor

15. Margaret A. Ryan

16. Amul Thapar

17. Timothy Tymkovich

18. David Stras

19. Diane Sykes

20. Don Willett

21. Robert Young