The Next President Might Appoint 3 Supreme Court Justices

[g5000]

According to this study, since 1971, the average age at which a Supreme Court Justice retires is 78.7.

Here are the ages of the current eight Supreme Court Justices:

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 82.9

Anthony Kennedy: 79.6

Stephen Breyer: 77.5

Clarence Thomas: 67.7

Samuel Alito: 65.9

Sonia Sotomayor: 61.8

John Roberts: 61.1

Elena Kagan: 55.8




According to this study, the odds of a Justice retiring go up by 169 percent if the President is of the same party as the President who appointed the Justice.

Here is who appointed the Justices:

Ginsburg: Clinton

Kennedy: Reagan

Breyer: Clinton

Thomas: Bush, Sr.

Alito: Bush, Sr.

Sotomayor: Obama

Roberts: Bush, Jr.

Kagan: Obama



If the President in office is the opposite party as the President who appointed the Justice, that Justice is more likely to die in office. See Antonin Scalia.


We have three Justices who are, or who will be, over the average age of retirement during the next Presidential term. Two of them were appointed by a Democrat, one was appointed by a Republican.

None of the remaining five Justices will hit the average age of retirement in the next eight years.

 

[g5000]

The next President will be appointing Scalia's replacement.

If the President is Clinton, Ginsburg and and Breyer will probably retire, and Clinton will appoint two more Justices. We will swing from a conservative court to a liberal court, and it will stay that way for a loooooooong time.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The next president could appoint as many as five, particularly if he/she serves two terms.

 

[martybegan]

The next President will be appointing Scalia's replacement.

If the President is Clinton, Ginsburg and and Breyer will probably retire, and Clinton will appoint two more Justices. We will swing from a conservative court to a liberal court, and it will stay that way for a loooooooong time.

God help us.

 

[g5000]

The next president could appoint as many as five, particularly if he/she serves two terms.

I don't think so. The youngest five judges won't even hit the average retirement age in the next eight years.

I don't see Alito or Thomas retiring before 75, do you? Especially if Clinton is elected.

Hell no.

The rest of them won't even hit 70 before 2024.

So there are really only 3 appointments in play between now and 2024.

 

[Slade3200]

The next President will be appointing Scalia's replacement.

If the President is Clinton, Ginsburg and and Breyer will probably retire, and Clinton will appoint two more Justices. We will swing from a conservative court to a liberal court, and it will stay that way for a loooooooong time.

Lets hope so

 

[Slade3200]

The next president could appoint as many as five, particularly if he/she serves two terms.

You got too much Cruz in your system

 

[g5000]

The next President will be appointing Scalia's replacement.

If the President is Clinton, Ginsburg and and Breyer will probably retire, and Clinton will appoint two more Justices. We will swing from a conservative court to a liberal court, and it will stay that way for a loooooooong time.

God help us.

Amen.

 

[martybegan]

The next President will be appointing Scalia's replacement.

If the President is Clinton, Ginsburg and and Breyer will probably retire, and Clinton will appoint two more Justices. We will swing from a conservative court to a liberal court, and it will stay that way for a loooooooong time.

God help us.

Amen.

A 6-4 or 7-3 progressive court would be the end of the 2nd amendment, the breaking of the 1st, and who knows how many more would fall in the name of federal supremacy and overall governmental power.

On the other hand it might lead to the straw that breaks the camels back.

 

[g5000]

The next President will be appointing Scalia's replacement.

If the President is Clinton, Ginsburg and and Breyer will probably retire, and Clinton will appoint two more Justices. We will swing from a conservative court to a liberal court, and it will stay that way for a loooooooong time.

God help us.

Amen.

A 6-4 or 7-3 progressive court...

Um. There are only nine Justices. Not ten.

...would be the end of the 2nd amendment, the breaking of the 1st, and who knows how many more would fall in the name of federal supremacy and overall governmental power.

On the other hand it might lead to the straw that breaks the camels back.

Ted Cruz claims we'll be sandblasting crosses and stars of David off veterans' tombstones.

 

[Slade3200]

The next President will be appointing Scalia's replacement.

If the President is Clinton, Ginsburg and and Breyer will probably retire, and Clinton will appoint two more Justices. We will swing from a conservative court to a liberal court, and it will stay that way for a loooooooong time.

God help us.

Amen.

A 6-4 or 7-3 progressive court would be the end of the 2nd amendment, the breaking of the 1st, and who knows how many more would fall in the name of federal supremacy and overall governmental power.

On the other hand it might lead to the straw that breaks the camels back.

Don't think its going to be that extreme. Liberals aren't these government power hungry socialist that the right paints. Most are simply supportive of social equality and reasonable support for our young, poor, and elderly. Just like the right aren't a bunch of religious nut jobs that have their noses up the corporate buttholes of big business executives. Of course a small percentage of these groups exist but are not in the reasonable majority. Both right and left agendas are essential to our government, but each side gets a little overdramatic when degrading the other. Too bad we can't all be on the same team.

 

[Kondor3]

If the next POTUS is likely to be appointing as many as three (3) new Supreme Court justices...

Let's make sure that they're not Beaner-Loving Muzzie-Loving Homosexual-Loving LibTards...

 

[Slade3200]

If the next POTUS is likely to be appointing as many as three (3) new Supreme Court justices...

Let's make sure that they're not Beaner-Loving Muzzie-Loving Homosexual-Loving LibTards...

Much like lead paint, thank God your kind is being phased out

 

[Auld Phart]

Everyone seems to be discounting ill health, and accidents, leaving room for more than 3 justices to be replaced.

 

[g5000]

I wasn't kidding about what Ted Cruz said about what would happen if we had a Democratic President appointing Supremes.

"That we're going to have an election, and if liberals are so confident that the American people want unlimited abortion on demand, want religious liberty torn down, want the Second Amendment taken away, want veterans' memorials torn down, want the crosses and stars of David sandblasted off of the tombstones of our fallen veterans, then go and make the case to the people."

Meet the Press - February 14, 2016

 

[g5000]

Everyone seems to be discounting ill health, and accidents, leaving room for more than 3 justices to be replaced.

When is the last time a President appointed more than 3?

Most Presidents appoint one or two at most.

 

[ScienceRocks]

I don't want political extremist be they haters of government or full blown communist on the supreme court. Just give me someone that reads the constitution and its case law.

 

[Auld Phart]

Everyone seems to be discounting ill health, and accidents, leaving room for more than 3 justices to be replaced.

When is the last time a President appointed more than 3?

Most Presidents appoint one or two at most.

When is the last time one needed to?

 

[Slade3200]

I wasn't kidding about what Ted Cruz said about what would happen if we had a Democratic President appointing Supremes.

"That we're going to have an election, and if liberals are so confident that the American people want unlimited abortion on demand, want religious liberty torn down, want the Second Amendment taken away, want veterans' memorials torn down, want the crosses and stars of David sandblasted off of the tombstones of our fallen veterans, then go and make the case to the people."

Meet the Press - February 14, 2016

Please tell me you don't buy into Cruz's shit... Proper term is REDONKULOUS!

 

[g5000]

Number of Supreme Court Justices appointed by Presidents going back to Buchanan. Roosevelt appointed 8 because he was a four term President.

FDR tried to pack the Court with more, but failed.

List of Presidents of the United States by judicial appointments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia