Lifetime appointment?
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February 25, 2016 12:45 PM
The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at age 79 should give us concern regarding the life expectancy of people accepting “lifetime” appointments. Life expectancy in general has been increasing over the past 200 years. My father (a pharmacist) once remarked “people are living longer because many diseases are no longer killing people at younger ages.” Bacterial and virus infections, as well as heart attacks, are not the same medical problems today compared to even 50 years ago. Organ and joint replacements are becoming even more common.
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