Kagan "would be the youngest nominee by a Democratic president since 1962."

[usregimechange]

Kagan is the youngest, by nearly seven years, of the four people the president is known to have interviewed to succeed John Paul Stevens. She would be the youngest nominee by a Democratic president since 1962, when President John F. Kennedy chose 44-year-old Byron White...

This time around, Obama is certain to name a left-of-center successor to Stevens, the court’s leading liberal. Finding a younger justice, who theoretically would serve longer, could enhance Obama’s legacy.

Picking younger justices has been a hallmark of recent Republican presidents. The current chief justice, John Roberts, was 50 when Bush nominated him, and Clarence Thomas, chosen by Bush’s father, was 43.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/08/1933402/in-high-court-pick-age-could-be.html#ixzz0nOu3PhKY

[ruggerson]

1. why don't we just start nominating babies?

They're pretty young and there is no age qualification for the USSC.

And maybe one would projectile vomit all over Scalia.

[Democat]

2. Great - the younger the better!

Democrats need to beat Republicans at their own game.

[Scuba]

3. Lefter, younger, please.