It's a lifetime job, being a federal judge, but you don't have to stay there for life. At 51 and not picked for the Supreme Court,
he's moving on to become general counsel for Boeing. Via
Metafilter, where you can read comments like "the resignation letter is awesome -- he makes it look like he's bravely volunteering to go off to war or something." Okay, let's look at the resignation letter (
PDF):
The Boeing Company is an American icon. There's just something larger than life about the company...
In a word, I believe in the mission of Boeing, which reaches far beyond itself.
In a word?
Indeed, though I could have never expected that the opportunity would present itself, Boeing may well be the only company in America for which I would have ever considered leaving the court.
Well, that seems rather silly and gushy, but the real information is in the penultimate paragraph, where he speaks of his family and his two children who are about to go to college. You can't come out and say it in a letter, but the message is there. Federal judges are underpaid compared to their alternatives. But again, no one has to serve out the life term.
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