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Tx4obama

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22. 'Majority' of current Justices were well under the age of 60 when appointed.

Reply to white_wolf (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 07:35 PM

Jan 2012

Current Justices here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court#Current_justices

The fifth column shows their age at appointment.

Early 50s appears to be the median age.

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