"The cold, cruel reality is that with one current justice now approaching ninety, and four others over seventy, the day will inevitably arrive when a sitting justice lies in an intensive care unit, both unable to resign and unable to resume his or her duties."
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Short story writers from the United StatesSocial criticsHuman rights activistsPlaywrights from the United StatesEuthanasia activists
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"Anticipating the Incapacitated Justice", The Huffington Post (2009-08-22)
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