Difference between revisions of "Age of Nominee to Supreme Court"

Latest revision as of 23:24, 16 December 2016

Assertions by some for Trump are contrary to the principle of term limits, and the fact that the more someone remains in public office, the more liberal they tend to become. A young judge who turns out to be liberal (e.g., Bill Brennan) is worse than an old judge who does likewise. Justice Anthony Kennedy became more pro-abortion the longer he was on the Supreme Court.

Attempts to pick a nominee based on youth are contrary to meritocracy, which is a fundamental conservative value.

Such attempts also violate the spirit of the law against age discrimination, which expressly prohibits age discrimination for " positions in the competitive service":

NONDISCRIMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF AGE IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT

SEC. 633a. [Section 15]

(a) Federal agencies affected

All personnel actions affecting employees or applicants for employment who are at least 40 years of age (except personnel actions with regard to aliens employed outside the limits of the United States) in military departments as defined in section 102 of Title 5 [5 U.S.C. § 102], in executive agencies as defined in section 105 of Title 5 [5 U.S.C. § 105] (including employees and applicants for employment who are paid from nonappropriated funds), in the United States Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission, in those units in the government of the District of Columbia having positions in the competitive service, and in those units of the judicial branch of the Federal Government having positions in the competitive service, in the Smithsonian Institution, and in the Government Printing Office, the Government Accountability Office, and the Library of Congress shall be made free from any discrimination based on age.

EEOC link (emphasis added)