Well, if true, this judge has just given up his chance to be nominated to the SCOTUS.
Sure hope that he doen’t like to take walks in parks; fly in airplanes; try sushi at new restrurants; work late in his chambers by himself!
I'm not sure President Palin would agree with you!
He’s actually too old for anyone to nominate to SCOTUS, but he could be moved up to the Court of Appeals (or not).
Since he's a Marine Combat veteran, I would imagine the local Marine, especially the reservists, would gladly see to it that he doesn't have to worry, too much, about such things. But even active duty Marines have "off duty" times, even though they are always on call (so are reservists for that matter. Today I just happen to have gotten a scan of an old recall roster from 1983, from a member of my reserve outfit, it also has our "drill" schedule on it along with other important phone numbers).