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Article: Passing the needle's eye.(Opinion)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- July 15, 2009
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(Editor’s note: Getting a seat on the federal bench is like passing a Marine obstacle course as noted by the author.)The Senate Judiciary Committee last Monday began the hearings, nationally televised, on the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the US Supreme Court after being named by President Obama last week of May.No retirement age Federal judges/justices are appointed for life. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1902–1932) retired at age 91 in 1932. It took a visit from Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes to persuade Holmes into retirement.Circuit Court of Appeals Justice Learned Hand served 52 years on the federal bench which ...