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To: marktwain
I remember reading the history of the impeachment process in the late '90s and seeing that there have been a few Supreme Court Justices that just wouldn't retire. They were usually not impeached, however. It reminds me of the Star Wars Emperor from the movie shrieking "Unlimited power!"
14 posted on 09/23/2020 4:51:31 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: \/\/ayne

“...there have been a few Supreme Court Justices that just wouldn’t retire.”

For an example, look up William O. Douglas. For sheer liberal arrogance, he makes RBG look like a schoolgirl. Douglas served longer than any other justice (36 years) and was famous for antagonizing his fellow justices. Forced to retire following a stroke, he continued to hang out at the Supreme Court building, a cantankerous old coot brandishing his cane at critics.

Douglas was perhaps the worst example of what lifetime tenure on SCOTUS can do to an entire nation.


43 posted on 09/23/2020 6:16:42 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
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