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... What he's saying: "I don't think that's harmful," Breyer told "Meet The Press" moderator Kristen Welker, adding that court justices could serve "long terms."

- - - "Why long? Because I don't think you want someone who's appointed to the Supreme Court to be thinking about his next job," Breyer said.

- - - "And so, a 20-year term? I don't know, 18? Long term? Fine. Fine," he said.

Breyer said term limits would have helped him avoid "going through difficult decisions" in deciding when it was time to retire. ...

Fmr Justice Breyer was on Colbert's Late Show last night. I haven't had the chance to watch it yet (it's on the DVR), but one thing I did see of it, Mr Colbert noted that fmr Justice Breyer has a book coming out. That may be why he is during the TV tour thing....

@#4 ... age restrictions ...

Yeah, that seems to be a concern.

So I asked the search engines about life expectancy in the 1770's.

I did that to determine the context that was available at the time for our Founder Fathers when then wrote in the Constitution that Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life.

The search results were meager.

But there's this...