Last time I checked experience, like wisdom, comes with age. I don't want someone dealing with mid-life crises or menopause on that bench. I want someone who's already seasoned, mellowed (as needed), then hardened in their convictions. You don't see too many sixty-year-olds mellow or change. Old dogs and all that.
"Last time I checked experience, like wisdom, comes with age"
No, experience comes actions. What you do, how long you do it, your depth of involvement. Age is just a chronological measure. Experience measure the depth of what you have done.
Who has more 'experience': A 60 year old business teacher that has taught business 101 in college for 30 years, or a 45 year old business owner who has started, run, and expanded a successful business for 20 years?
Which one would you pick to run a business if you had to hire one of them?
The one with the real world experience, or the 'older' one whose experience has been only in the abstract and not in the real world?