Judges, like professional athletes, rarely know when it’s time to hang it up. Like pro athletes, because they’re insulated from the public — for good reason — and people routinely suck up to them, they can sometimes lose touch with reality and how they’re perceived.

They are not like us, not really, by virtue of what they do. And they’re not treated like us, either, in ways both good and bad. Which is one of several reasons why no one should be shedding tears for those state court judges facing the prospect of mandatory retirement at age 70.

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