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Blue_true

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14. Some will charge ageism.

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 6, 2021, 07:32 PM

Jan 2021

I am now past sixty, I would not run for an important public office, and if I had the required legal training and experience, would not serve as a Judge past my 70th birthday.

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Some thoughts, one unpleasant to some. [View all] Blue_true Jan 2021 OP

☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ Thekaspervote Jan 2021 #1

Agreed. n/t Laelth Jan 2021 #2

How, exactly, do you propose to "induce" Justice Breyer to retire? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #3

Offer him a box of chocolates and a cup of really good coffee? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2021 #6

He is a good man. Appeal to his goodness. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #9

Agree Meowmee Jan 2021 #4

To hell with what "a Joe Manchin will allow". Twist their arms and threaten them with a primary. Autumn Jan 2021 #5

+1 lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #8

I didn't see the unpleasant part. I agree with EVERY WORD YOU SAY. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #7

Some will charge ageism. Blue_true Jan 2021 #14

I'm similar age, and still think youth matters for SCOTUS - to protect the seat. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #18

We Need a West Virginia Marshall Plan Stallion Jan 2021 #10

High level economic development is poison for the modern Republican Party. Blue_true Jan 2021 #15

Yeah Pretty Much What I Had in Mind Stallion Jan 2021 #16

Detroit picked itself up under the current Mayor. Blue_true Jan 2021 #17

I agree. We need to start playing more hardball. Vogon_Glory Jan 2021 #11

Clarence Thomas can "shuffle off... 3catwoman3 Jan 2021 #12

Garland was never going to be picked and now he has a new job themaguffin Jan 2021 #13