Mandatory retirement for public officials

[Boat1]

You're partially correct, in that any and every man could be part of the militia...
Building huge, standing armies, which the FFs were against, doesn't negate that, or the 2A.
It actually gives the 2A more standing.

 

[Politruk]

You're partially correct, in that any and every man could be part of the militia...
Building huge, standing armies, which the FFs were against, doesn't negate that, or the 2A.
It actually gives the 2A more standing.

No, it makes the 2A irrelevant. There is no good reason left to have it.

 

[Boat1]

No, it makes the 2A irrelevant. There is no good reason left to have it.

Well, you have the option to "lead by example" and disarm yourself.

 

[Politruk]

Well, you have the option to "lead by example" and disarm yourself.

Most Americans do exactly that, and never in their lives have reason to regret it.

 

[Boat1]

Most Americans do exactly that, and never in their lives have reason to regret it.

Most have fire extinguishers that they never use either (or know how to properly) but there's nothing wrong with that either.

 

[Bn2f]

This thread serves as a great example of sealioning.

 

[UltraChad]

That has nothing at all to do with this.

Spoken like an anti-Democracy leftoid.

 

[JohnEngelman]

i would not want to require Bernie Sanders to retire.

 

[Politruk]

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[Rightguide]

There should be a mandatory retirement age of 70 for all public officials, including judges and members of Congress.

It is not only a matter of personal ability and vigor and mental acuity. There should be a cutoff on how long a given generation's culture, world-view and way of thinking can shape public affairs in any way more significant than voting.

Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms really should not have been allowed to remain politically relevant as long as they did.

Not everyone who turns 70 is mentally unfit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_centenarians_(jurists_and_practitioners_of_law)

 

[Politruk]

Not everyone who turns 70 is mentally unfit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_centenarians_(jurists_and_practitioners_of_law)

It is not only a matter of personal ability and vigor and mental acuity. There should be a cutoff on how long a given generation's culture, world-view and way of thinking can shape public affairs in any way more significant than voting.

Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms really should not have been allowed to remain politically relevant as long as they did.

 

[Rightguide]

It is not only a matter of personal ability and vigor and mental acuity. There should be a cutoff on how long a given generation's culture, world-view and way of thinking can shape public affairs in any way more significant than voting.

Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms really should not have been allowed to remain politically relevant as long as they did.

This is you chipping away at Democracy and denying voters the freedom to choose the leaders of their choice.

 

[Politruk]

This is you chipping away at Democracy and denying voters the freedom to choose the leaders of their choice.

One might say the same of term limits, but nobody thinks the 22nd Amendment undemocratic.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Interesting side story about aging federal officials today.
Mango Mussolini got a record 234 new federal judges confirmed during his 2016-2020 term
His record was short-lived. President Joe Biden had his 235th and final federal judge confirmed last Friday.

Tangerine Palpatine was not amused. He told his boss Mr. Musk he'd get the record back and confirm even moar judges this time around, because MAGA now controls the Senate.
BUT
to paraphrase the Rolling Stones..." Time ain't on your side, no it ain't!"

The judges replaced over the last 8 years were primarily judges appointed during the 8 years of the Clinton administration. When Dubya took over he started naming Heritage Foundation conservative stooges to the federal bench.
They'll start retiring soon, but remember Heritage was playing "the long game" and nominating younger less-experienced judges so they'd serve for a longer time.

The Heritage Foundation did the math, and determined the largest number of judges that will probably retire in the next four years will be around 120 or so.

20+ remaining judges who were Clinton liberals had previously announced their plans to retire in 2025 when they thought Harris would win the election, but now around 8 of those have announced that they've changed their mind, they recognize the existential threat of the incoming administration and will "take one for the team" and gut it out for four moar years.

Naturally, you-know-who is stomping his foot and screaming "That's NOT FAIR!"

 

[UltraChad]

One might say the same of term limits, but nobody thinks the 22nd Amendment undemocratic.

A limitation on democracy like 22A, is literally undemocratic.

 

[Politruk]

It would make sense to have a one-term limit on every elected office, but not a lifetime limit -- you sit out a term, then you can try for the office again. That way nobody ever runs with the advantage of incumbency, but we have no shortage of candidates with experience in office. There should always be a class of experienced, professional, career politicians -- "citizen legislators" are useless.