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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 08:27 AM Aug 2016

Don’t bet on Ruth Bader Ginsburg retiring if Clinton becomes president

For those envisioning a line of moving vans at the Supreme Court and a new president immediately reordering life at the marble palace, this small splash of cold water:

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 83, has already hired the four clerks who will assist her through June 2018.

Above the Law, the legal website that follows the anointing of Supreme Court clerks pretty much the way Variety chronicles casting the latest Steven Spielberg film, reports that several justices, including Ginsburg, have finished the hiring process for the term that begins in October 2017.

That doesn’t mean that nothing will change between now and then, or that the next president won’t have a dramatic impact on the high court.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/dont-bet-on-ruth-bader-ginsburg-retiring-if-clinton-becomes-president/2016/08/20/262f3b68-661d-11e6-8b27-bb8ba39497a2_story.html

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Don’t bet on Ruth Bader Ginsburg retiring if Clinton becomes president (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP
At 83 things can happen besides voluntary retirement. MoonRiver Aug 2016 #1
Yes, but many are mentally and physically active at 83. I guess is that she will riversedge Aug 2016 #2
I'm fine with her staying on the court as long as she wants. MoonRiver Aug 2016 #3
I assumed you did:-) riversedge Aug 2016 #5
I know you did. MoonRiver Aug 2016 #7
She's beaten colon AND pancreatic cancer TexasBushwhacker Aug 2016 #11
at her age mercuryblues Aug 2016 #4
She should announce her retirement by Jun 30 2017. Renew Deal Aug 2016 #6
What? Non negotiable? Since when? Lol. yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #10
She will retire in the next eight years...very likely. Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #8
It's Justice Breyer who is antsy to resign. Zen Democrat Aug 2016 #9
I'd be happy with her staying put for 7 years... Lisa0825 Aug 2016 #12
Where would I place such a bet? zappaman Aug 2016 #13

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
1. At 83 things can happen besides voluntary retirement.
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 08:32 AM
Aug 2016

She's a wonderful woman and jurist, but age does catch up with one.

riversedge

(70,304 posts)
2. Yes, but many are mentally and physically active at 83. I guess is that she will
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 08:37 AM
Aug 2016

help the progressive agenda as long as she is able.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
3. I'm fine with her staying on the court as long as she wants.
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 08:41 AM
Aug 2016

There is one vacancy right now, and Kennedy is 80 and Breyer is 78. My guess is there will be at least one additional vacancy to fill over the next 4 years.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,214 posts)
11. She's beaten colon AND pancreatic cancer
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 11:43 AM
Aug 2016

She still works out at the Supreme Court gym. May she live to be 100.

mercuryblues

(14,537 posts)
4. at her age
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 08:49 AM
Aug 2016

her mind is sharper than mine has ever been. Well except for that one time I told someone to hold my beer and watch this.....

Lisa0825

(14,487 posts)
12. I'd be happy with her staying put for 7 years...
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 12:37 PM
Aug 2016

and then depending on the state of the nation and the likelihood of us keeping the Presidency Democratic, assess whether or not to retire.

By then, we should have a court that will lean left for another 20 years if all goes well, so even if she held out and a Republican were elected, it wouldn't be likely to tilt the court right away anyway.

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