Supreme Court during Obama's 2nd term [View all]

[Mojo2]

What's the estimate on how many justice openings will occur during Obamas 2nd term? Looking at their ages:

Chief Justice John Glover Roberts, Jr. is 57 (DOB: 27 January, 1955).
Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia is 76 (DOB: 11 March, 1936).
Justice Anthony McLeod Kennedy is 76 (DOB: 23 July, 1936).
Justice Clarence Thomas is 64 (DOB: 23 June, 1948).
Justice Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg is 79 (DOB: 15 March, 1933).
Justice Stephen Gerald Breyer is 74 (DOB: 14 August 1938).
Justice Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. is 62 (DOB: 1 April, 1950).
Justice Sonia Sotomayor is 58 (DOB: 25 June, 1954).
Justice Elena Kagan is 52 (DOB: 28 April, 1960).

1. I would think that Ginsburg may retire close to the mid-point of the 2nd Obama term. What a fighter she is, as she has survived pancreatic cancer and still fights on for the left.

2. Could we possibly get lucky and have Scalia and/or Kennedy retire?

3. Sotomayor, Kagan, Alito, Thomas and Roberts are not going anywhere, barring major illness or death.

4. Breyer is a wild-card

I'm just hoping that Obama gets to name at least two more justices in the next four years.