A federal judge who has been sidelined for three years over questions about her competency is asking the Supreme Court to throw her a lifeline, reported NPR. Judge Pauline Newman is 98 years old — and she wants a chance to hear cases again.
Her story
shines a light on the aging judiciary, where the average age of federal jurists
is 69. Lifetime tenure is now raising thorny questions about retirement.
Newman, a
President Ronald Reagan appointee who has been on the court for nearly four
decades, insists that she remains physically and mentally fit to decide matters
of the law, and has accused her colleagues of making baseless claims in an
effort to push her out because of her age.
Federal judges serve for life--no mandatory retirement, no limit on how long they serve.
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