Should there be a mandatory retirement age for elected officials?
On Point | Podcast
WBUR
4.2 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Nearly three-quarters of Americans believe there should be a mandatory retirement age for elected officials. In many state judiciaries, there already is. Do mandatory retirement ages work in state courts?
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| 0:48.8 | This week, President Joe Biden formally announced that he's running for re-election in 2024. |
| 1:08.1 | Biden is America's oldest president. |
| 1:10.4 | He turns 81 later this year, and if he wins re-election, he'd be 86 at the end of a second |
| 1:16.9 | term. |
| 1:18.2 | Not to say that the Republican Party is giving wing to any presidential spring chickens. |
| 1:23.4 | Donald Trump, who announced his bid back in November, will turn 77 this summer. |
| 1:29.8 | So is the graying of America's presidential candidate something to be concerned about? |
| 1:34.4 | Well, here's what a former president himself, Jimmy Carter, said back in 2019. |
| 1:40.1 | I hope his are as if I'm it. |
| 1:44.3 | You know, if I were just 80 years old, if I was 15 years younger, I don't believe I could |
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