Pauline Newman appealed her case to the nation's highest court in March after she was suspended by her colleagues on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit three years ago over the mental fitness concerns.
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Books New Book, Old Look Samuel Moyn has something to say about the elderly, but it’s not exactly clear what. Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What to Do About It by Samuel Moyn. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 288 pages. Here is the first paragraph of Samuel Moyn’s book on gerontocracy: For two centuries, Democracy in America, published by the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville starting in 1835, has been the most famous book about the United States. It deserves to stay that way. But it might need an update. What do these sentences mean? Do they mean anything? Of course, I get the joke—or what is…Open
Didn’t they use to call this “age-ism”?
Pauline Newman's story shines a light on the aging judiciary, where judges are getting older and lifetime tenure is raising thorny questions about retirement.
“Look, according to People magazine — and apparently the U.S. military — 42 is the new 35,” Johnson said on Tuesday’s “Daily Show.”