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davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
11. Very risky...very risky...
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 01:33 PM
Mar 2013

It bit the GOP when they tried to do that with Souter. And now they don't like Roberts that much anymore either.

The problem with appointing young people is their legal resume is not very long. So its difficult to truly gauge how they will rule 20 years from now.

People also change their beliefs over time. The way you think in your 20s is not likely to be the same when you are 40. Same thing that what you believe when you are 50, you are likely to have different opinions when you are 80.

That young liberal 48 year old judge could suddenly turn moderate or conservative when he turns 65.

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