# SCOTUS life appointments and women

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-life-appointments-and-women/746438>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 18, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-life-appointments-and-women/746438 "2016-02-18T12:42:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-life-appointments-and-women/746438/21 "2016-02-18T18:39:55Z")

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I was going to say that (allowing for the small sample size) women seem more likely to retire rather than stay in office until death, but it turns out most SCOTUS justices retire. Rehnquist and Scalia are the only two to die in office since 1953!

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