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The Counsel

Note from Elie: Why Age Matters on the Supreme Court

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie's Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:31.5

Hey everybody, Ellie here, bringing you my weekly note to the cafe community.

0:35.8

As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts,

0:37.8

questions, and comments. Please send them to us at letters at cafe.com.

1:00.7

Nobody in our government holds more power for more time than a Supreme Court justice.

1:02.9

It's not even particularly close anymore.

1:05.3

Presidents last eight years, max. Now, six of the nine current justices already have that number beat.

1:09.9

Four of them have at least doubled the

1:11.9

tenure of a two-term president. Justice Clarence Thomas has served for over 30 years on the court.

1:17.6

A president would need to win seven elections, seven to equal that. Or consider Justice Stephen

1:24.6

Breyer, who announced his retirement last week. Breyer was confirmed as a justice of the Supreme Court on July 29th, 1994.

1:33.8

The Senate confirmed him by a bipartisan 87-29 vote.

1:37.8

We may never see that again.

1:39.8

Think of how much time has passed since then.

1:43.1

Where were you in 1994?

1:46.0

I was between my freshman and sophomore years of college.

1:49.3

Some of our readers weren't even born yet, the precocious ones.

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