| Venue: | SCOTUS |
| Facts: | MO forces judges to retire at 70. |
| Posture: | Unknown |
| Issue: | Does this run afoul of ADEA? What about equal protection? |
| Holding: | No and no. |
| Rule: | Elected officials and appointees "on the policymaking level" are not covered by ADEA, and all we need for equal protection is a rational basis. |
| Reasoning: | Old people are not a protected class, and the language of the statute doesn't plainly cover judges, so we conclude that it doesn't/ |
| Dicta: | |