Why isn't John Paul STEVENS still on SCotUS? He's sane/lucid unlike 5 current squatters

[UTUSN]

On CSPAN2 right now.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Because he retired (he was 90). And Obama picked the more liberal Elena Kagan to replace him.

[UTUSN]

2. And I'll repeat the sane/lucid part for the literal point. n/t

[dsc]

4. I agree with the first part

but I think the second part is still up in the air.

[phleshdef]

3. If I was his age, I would want to chill too.

Geez man, these people are human beings, they wanna retire at some point like everyone else.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. I get the impression those folks don't work too hard AND are treated like royalty.

But I do get your point.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. He's 94 years old.

Lucid isn't the point. He could make it another three years, die, and find a Republican President making an appointment - who'd you rather have then, GOP Justice or Elena Kagan?

[UTUSN]

7. To clarify to all, this was intended as a *SIGH* at this person's being more Lib and smart than

the five a-holes (do I need to identify those, too?!1) who are there. I fully realize his age and the gift of retirement. Just to add another aside, the interviewer commented that JPS "is a force of nature who (until recently) played a mean game of tennis" but this does not mean I expect him to work until he dies or to be replaced by a Rethug nominee.

My whole context was my RUEFULNESS that somebody like him appears like a mental giant, especially about the 2nd Amendment, compared to The Five. It was not intended to quibble about who was named after him or that if he were still there they would not be. It was just a *SIGH*.