A 96-year-old federal appeals court judge suspended from her duties after refusing to undergo neurological exams over concerns about her mental fitness is coinciding with a tense debate in Washington over age and term limits.
Pauline Newman, 96, was barred from hearing cases on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., for one year unless she complies with her colleagues' demands to submit to medical testing. The threats to her life tenure on the bench come as the health of 80-year-old President Joe Biden and his 77-year-old political adversary former President Donald Trump have been cited as concerns by some candidates and polling data.
An attorney for Newman, who has served on the bench since being appointed by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1984, issued a response that her suspension from judicial office"pending the results of the investigation into potential disability/misconduct' was illegal and not authorized by any statute or rule of procedure."
Russell Wheeler, a governance studies expert at the Brookings Institution, told the Washington Examiner the rarity of such disability complaints is likely due to issues being"taken care of informally."Last month, 5th Circuit Judge Edith Jones criticized the investigation into Newman's mental fitness as"inexplicable," adding she is a"brilliant, capable jurist."
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