[DannyTN]

1. Anthony Kennedy...Age 81, Swing vote, Appt Reagan
2. Clarence Thomas...Age 70, Conservative, Appt by Bush Sr.
3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg...Age 85, Liberal, Appt by Clinton
4. Stephen Breyer...Age 79, Liberal, Appt by Clinton
5. John Roberts...Age 69, Conservative, Appt by Bush
6. Samuel Alito...Age 68, Conservative, Appt by Bush
7. Sonia Sotomayor...Age 64, Liberal, Appt by Obama
8. Elena Kagan...Age 59, Liberal, Appt by Obama
9. Neil Gorsuch...Age 50, Conservative, Appt by Trump

Assuming all Trump appts will act conservatively...

• Replacing Kennedy will probably tilt the court slightly to conservatives.
• Replacing Roberts or Thomas won't likely change the court.
• Replacing Ginsburg, Breyer, or Sotomayor could make the court conservative for decades.

• Ginsburg has had colon and pancreatic cancer. And seems to be getting increasingly sleepy at 85. The odds that she will make it through a second Trump term is low.
• Sotomayor has Type 1 diabetes. If they control it they can live pretty normal lives. But she appears a little overweight.
• Kagan has no known health issues.
• Breyer has no known health issues but is 79.

[Jeff Chandler]

Survival Rates
According to the American Cancer Society, for all stages of pancreatic cancer combined, the one-year relative survival rate is 20%, and the five-year rate is 7%. These low survival rates are attributable to the fact that fewer than 20% of patients’ tumors are confined to the pancreas at the time of diagnosis; in most cases, the malignancy has already progressed to the point where surgical removal is impossible.

In those cases where resection can be performed, the average survival rate is 23 to 36 months. The overall five-year survival rate is about 10%, although this can rise as high as 20% to 35% if the tumor is removed completely and when cancer has not spread to lymph nodes.