Malmed v. Thornburgh’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. “'the legislative facts on which the classification is apparently based could not reasonably be conceived to be true by the governmental decisionmaker.' " Id. at 1014 (quoting Vance v. Bradley, 440 U.S. at 111, 99 S.Ct. at 950). 12 Second, the court cited the provisions allowing judges over age seventy to perform as "senior judges”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Malmed v. Thornburgh

2. “the record contains no proof of a relationship between advancing age and ability to perform the duties of a judge. On the contrary, the evidence before me belies the existence of any such relationship.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Malmed v. Thornburgh

3. “The service of senior judges called back to perform duties has been essential to the administration of the court system in Pennsylvania in general and the court system in Philadelphia in particular.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Malmed v. Thornburgh