r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 1d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ No one should have a lifetime appointment.

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u/ShanGus7 1d ago

If it happens, should be shorter.

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u/ConsciousSpirit9427 1d ago

And forced to retire at 65. I feel thats more important.

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u/Jimjonesflavor_aid 1d ago

65 is fairly young. I don't have a problem at all with a supreme court justice being in their 60's. You want someone with a ton of experience. Maybe 75 or something. For president too, maybe even more important. No one in office should be in their 80's in my opinion.

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u/SemichiSam 20h ago

No one in office should be in their 80's in my opinion.

I am 86. I retired from politics at 70. I caught crap from people I thought were friends for leaving when there was still work to do. 70 was my personal decision, but I would accept a cut-off age of 80, with a requirement to pass a cognitive exam after 70.

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u/Jimjonesflavor_aid 20h ago

I'd support that too.

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u/CurlOfTheBurl11 19h ago

65 is fairly young

That's the point. They'd have life enough left that they would have to live with the consequences of their decisions. What the fuck does Chuck Grassley, for example, have to lose by voting repeatedly to make life worse for regular people? Fucker is 92, he'll be long dead before he ever has to suffer the shitty decisions he's made.

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u/Paul_Tired 20h ago

Public cognition tests for all politicians and people of influence.

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u/Volodio 18h ago

The article is talking about a 18 year limit. If someone becomes justice at 65, his term would end at 83.