Pauline Newman was first appointed to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals by President Reagan in 1984. At 98 years old, she is currently the oldest active federal judge in the United States — that is, unless her opponents get their way.
During its Thursday conference, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to take up a case (Newman v. Moore) involving efforts by Newman’s judicial colleagues to effectively sideline the Constitution to kick her off the bench. Article III of America’s founding legal document grants federal judges lifetime appointments and states that they can only be removed by Congress via impeachment and conviction.
