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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:03 AM Original message |
A 90 year old Supreme Court justice is unacceptable |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. By "institute," I think that means a Constitutional amendment. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Yes... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. When you hit 90 do you automatically lose your mind or something? n/t |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. it's not automatic, but it's common. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. This. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. Are you saying that Stevens intellectual prowess and defense of the law... |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. Why? Maybe you are an ageist. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. why is it ridiculous? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. At 90, Stevens has a clearer mind than say a 60-year-old Scalia... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. (facepalm) |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. Clearly you are ageist |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. I would like to see a 18 year term limit |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
11. Really? Justice Stevens has always seemed to be |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
13. It's NOT age that concerns me, but length of service. |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
14. Apples, I have met some brilliant men and women |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
15. Hogwash! n/t |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. Horseshit. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
17. This one lived for four years after retiring |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. So when a republican is in the White House like George W. Bush |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. "I'm not ageist".... Well no you are. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
20. So it would have been better if 3 of 4 liberal justices were forced to retire under Bush. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
21. Of course you're ageist. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
22. Nothing in the Constitution says anything about limiting the age of SC justices. |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
23. Unacceptable |
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