Federal judge who refuses mental evaluation at age 97 fights suspension

Fox News ^ | 12/11/24 | Michael Dorgan

[SuperLuminal]

Since she is only 6-years older than me, I say “Not guilty”...

[Pearls Before Swine]

Whatever happened to “Judge not, that ye be not judged?”

Whatever, amazing she’s still fighting to be in the game at 97, and it’s probably keeping her alive.

[kiryandil]

professor Arthur Hellman of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law noted that senior status judges only hear cases "at the pleasure of the chief judge", and speculated that the prospect of getting no cases could explain why Newman would have rejected going to senior status.

Chief judge Kimberly A. Moore of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is a Dubya judge.

[xxqqzz]

The Constitution says federal judges are appointed for life, so they can serve into their 100s.

[TonyM]

She is far more competent than the current President. Perhaps she can replace Trump in 2028.

[metmom]

There are lots of things they didn’t think through or didn’t expect.

[Ann Archy]

Look at Pelosi and Biden.....would you want THOSE GOOD LOOKERS JUDGING YOU?

[scrabblehack]

I agree. It doesn’t seem right for the other judges to remove the one they don’t like.

They should make their argument to Congress.

They can conspire to not let her vote be determinative.

Can they refuse to assign her any cases? Hmm....