one suspects pressure will be on clarence thomas to retire asap as well so

[msongs]

rrepubs can get a much younger judge on the court for the next 30 yrs. think so?

[Blue_true]

1. Pretty hard to find someone worse than Thomas.

One of the risks of appointing young Justices is that their rulings become more moderate over time, some even become liberals (like William Brennan, Harry Blackmon, and John Paul Stevens).

Biden should follow John Dean’s suggestion. If McConnell breaks the rule that he made in 2016, then Biden will expand the Supreme Court to 15 Justices if he wins and democrats take the Senate.

[Sneederbunk]

2. So Thomas is old at 72?

[msongs]

3. it would be trading for a much younger person who will be around in 30 -40 years nt

[Celerity]

5. as of 2016, life expectancy for a black male is 71.5 years

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2017/015.pdf

[Klaralven]

6. See the part of the table "At 75"

His life expectancy is about 10.5 more years.

And that would be for the average Black male, not a coddled USSC justice.

[Sneederbunk]

7. Thurgood Marshall served until he was 83.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. He's not that old