Our Supreme Court Justices make decisions that affect the lives of everyday Americans, in cases that many of us never hear anything about. Their decisions are hard to overturn. Case in point, Roe v. Wade. Here is a look at our Justices of today:
From Top Left, US Supreme Court Justices: John Roberts, John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito (Official US Supreme Court Photos)
Now, let’s take a little closer look at the potential retirements we could be facing within the next four years.
John Roberts: Age 53 - Conservative – Probably won’t retire
John Paul Stevens, 88 - Liberal – Probably will retire
Antonin Scalia, 72 - Conservative – Probably won’t retire
Anthony Kennedy, 71 - Swing Vote – Probably won’t retire
David Souter, 68 - Liberal - Probably won’t retire
Clarence Thomas, 60 – Conservative – Probably won’t retire
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 75 – Liberal – Possibly could retire
Stephen Breyer, 69 - Liberal - Probably won’t retire
Samuel Alito, 58 - Conservative – Probably won’t retire
So, as you can see, there is a probability of two liberal retirees from our Supreme Court. If Barack Obama is the President that fills those two positions we will have a liberal court for a lengthy time, seeing that the ages of the other justices are quite young in todays new standards. Can we afford to have that happen?
