Justice Clarence Thomas will likely resign from the Supreme Court if Donald Trump is elected president, according to legal experts. Anthony V. Alfieri, a law professor at the University of Miami, told Newsweek that Thomas—who was appointed to the court in 1991 after being nominated by Republican President George H.
W. Bush —would resign to allow Trump to nominate a younger conservative judge. "In the event that former President Trump is reelected in November, both Justice Thomas' age and presumed commitment to preserving his 34-year legacy .
.. raise the likelihood that he will resign not only to pursue other interests, such as teaching, travel and lecturing, but also to escape the harsh light of ongoing criticism and investigation of his conduct on and off the court.
" Thomas, 76, has not made any clear indication of whether he will resign. Recently, he has come under intense criticism over his acceptance of luxury holidays paid for by the billionaire Harlan Crow and other donors, and he has even faced calls for his impeachment . In April, The Washington Post reported that the average retirement age from the Supreme Court between 1971 and 2006 was 78.
7 years old. However, it noted that Justice John Paul Stevens retired in 2010 at the age of 90. The average tenure of all U.
S. Supreme Court justices is about 15 years, the outlet said—though tenures have grown much longer in recent decades. "Since 1970, the average tenure of a justice has been close to 28 years," The Post re.