(note: every time I see SCOTUS, I must pause to think what that means; for some reason, my brain will not keep "Supreme Court of the United States" in its memory bank)
Simply put, there are several old fogies sitting on the Supreme Court. A couple should have retired years ago.
However, it all comes down to politics and the battle between liberalism and conservatism.
A liberal judge is not going to retire until he/she knows that the President will appoint (and get approved by Congress) a liberal replacement.
Likewise, a conservative judge is not going to retire until he/she knows that the President will appoint (and get approved by Congress) a conservative replacement.
It's all games.
It's all politics.
On our nation's highest court -- one of the 3 pillars of the USA's government.
Absolute silliness.
Here's a great article I came across which goes deeper into the SCOTUS/election issue.
Can you just imagine the additional gridlock that will ensue if one of the judges is forced to resign for medical reasons?
Holy thunder.
Out for now.......
Matt
p.s. I could not pass up posting this "portrait" of SCOTUS; what an interesting group of individuals
