Aging federal judge

Aging federal judge

Brown hundred senior citizens to settle a lawsuit in addition to his own will, but also reflects the aging of American society and federal judges lean problems.

April 26, the U.S. Census Bureau released data show that the number of centenarians in the United States over the past 20 years, some nearly doubled, reaching nearly 7.2 million people. 2020 than they are now at least double again. And 20 years ago, the figure is 37,300. With a population expert at Boston University, Thomas Jasper Wales as saying that U.S. centenarians is mainly due to the increase in health care levels.

In addition to aging population, the federal judges in recent years the Senate. "Battle." A position vacant for months or even for years after not add nothing new. About 1,300 people in the current federal judges, there are more than 500 people are semi-retired "senior judge". As more and more federal cases, the judge's workload has also increased, "senior judge" the work have gone up about 20 percent of the federal court work completed by these older judges.

On this issue, the U.S. judiciary has been started to pay attention. Las Vegas federal judge Philip general in a media interview last year, it said: "Most of the judges to take pride in their work, of course they want to be remembered is his highest level, but often if you level down, they are difficult to see out of. "is the general state of the Ninth Circuit Court Judge Commission, the Commission and the judge responsible for the age and health related issues. According to reports, many other regions are also considering the establishment of such committees.

Despite the joke, said they have to "lie" to leave the court, but Brown still says he wants to do a good job, if he thinks the time is up, will naturally retire.