On May 18, 11:40*am, F. George McDuffee gmcduf...@mcduffee-
associates.us wrote:

When the US Constitution was written, median life expectancy was
about 35 years,http://www.answers.com/topic/life-ex...cy?cat=biz-fin
{about 1/3 of way down the page} and a long term illness was one
that took 10 days to kill you. Note that If infant mortality is
excluded, a person that reached 20 could expect to live about
another 40 years, i.e. 60. *To be appointed and confirmed as a
judge, you had to be admitted to the bar, and have some legal
background, which would probably put you up into your mid to late
30s at the soonest, leaving at most 25 years on the bench.

Currently, life expectancy at birth is now 78 in the United
Stateshttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004393.htmlor an increase of 43
years from 1776 or more than a 100% increase. *Using the life
expectancy by age tables, it can be seen that there has been a
huge increase in the term of "life time appointment."http://www.infoplease..com/ipa/A0005140.html


FWIW -- the average age of the current US supreme court is now
68, which helps explain why SCOTUS cannot seem to relate to the
problems and concerns of the people in the current times.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme...e_Court_of_the...

Unka' George [George McDuffee]

http://www.americanrevolution.com/FoundingFathers.htm
Average lifespan was almost 67, some lived past 80.

Jim Wilkins