Fixed terms for Supreme Court Justices

Thu Nov 28 09:28:35 PST 2002

Jim,

Thank you so much for the very interesting statistical information.

allan ides

----- Original Message -----
From: James Lindgren <jlindgren at TELOCITY.COM>
Date: Thursday, November 28, 2002 9:13 am
Subject: Re: Fixed terms for Supreme Court Justices

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> Or we could do the opposite  - say no appointments made until folks
> are mature - say 70 - thus affording the court the wisdom of age
> and a
> relatively certain term limit by death or ill health.
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> Mairi
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> David Garrow has a fascinating article on the end stages of several
> justices's terms that might raise some concerns with this
> suggestion.
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