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November 28, 2004

SCOTUS Happenings

There are rumblings in some legal corners to create a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court Justices. An Associated Press poll found that six in ten Americans support the idea. Earlier this year, the Virginia Law Review published an article titled "Saving this Honorable Court: A proposal to replace life tenure on the Supreme Court with staggered, nonrenewable eighteen-year terms."

Meanwhile Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will be absent for the December session. That means he won't be hearing oral arguments from blogger Randy Barnett, who is arguing for the first time before the US Supreme Court tomorrow in the marijuana cases, "taking the liberal, libertarian pro-drug rights position."

Posted by Joshua Claybourn at November 28, 2004 02:16 PM

Comments

How can self-described Federalists favor such a measure? Soon they'll be calling for an elected judiciary.

Posted by: Chuck at November 28, 2004 11:29 PM | permalink

 
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