New Hampshire voters will be the next to decide when the oldest state judges should be forced to leave the bench.
The general election ballot there includes a proposal (CACR 6) to set the mandatory retirement age for judges, including Supreme Court justices, at 75, up from the current maximum age of 70.
“Unlike some occupations—police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician—generally someone doesn’t get into the role of being a judge until at least middle age,” said New Hampshire state Rep. Bob Lynn (R), who was chief justice of the state Supreme Court for just over a year ...