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As a note this is something that is unlikely to happen as any sort of age limit applied to Supreme Court Justices would also have to be applied to every other office. As it currently stands there older people in Congress and the the current slate of justices.

As a note this is something that is unlikely to happen as any sort of age limit applied to Supreme Court Justices would also have to be applied to every other office. As it currently stands there are older people in Congress than the current slate of justices.

Justice         Born Nominated By       In      Leans        Age    
Clarence Thomas 1948 George H.W. Bush   1991    Conservative 74         
Samuel Alito    1950 George W. Bush     2006    Conservative 72    
Sonia Sotomayer 1954 Barack Obama       2009    Liberal      68    
John Roberts    1955 George W. Bush     2005    Swing        67    
Elena Kagan     1960 Barack Obama       2010    Liberal      62    
Brett Kavanaugh 1965 Donald Trump       2018    Conservative 57    
Neil Gorsuch    1967 Donald Trump       2017    Swing        55    
Ketanji Jackson 1970 Joe Biden          2022    Liberal      52    
Amy Barrett     1972 Donald Trump       2020    Conservative 50