1."No person shall stand for election to any Federal office subsequent to his or her 75th birthday, but office holders having attained that age may continue in office until the end of their term.
2. No Federal judge may remain in office beyond his or her 75th birthday,
Look at the Mormon church, where the 101-yr old president died and was replaced by a 93-yr old. Longevity is the basis of succession there, but they are getting into 1980's USSR territory.
My suggested constitutional amendment:
1."No person shall stand for election to any Federal office subsequent to his or her 75th birthday, but office holders having attained that age may continue in office until the end of their term.
2. No Federal judge may remain in office beyond his or her 75th birthday,
Seems reasonable.
Look at the Mormon church, where the 101-yr old president died and was replaced by a 93-yr old. Longevity is the basis of succession there, but they are getting into 1980's USSR territory.
Yes. They are the ultimate seniority system, so longer lives affect them bigtime.