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Would you support a mandatory retirement age of 75 for US House, US Senate & US Supreme Court Justices and if not why? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] lemmus@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Benjamin Franklin was 70 when he signed the Declaration of Independence, the oldest person to do so.

If that’s a fact Americans might see as meaningful, the US could cap taking office as President if over 70 on election day (effectively 74 is oldest at end of term), same for the House (oldest 72), Senate (oldest 76), and the Supreme Court… just force retirement at 70 instead of death.