Lawmakers to Consider Ending Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age

For the second consecutive legislative session, a joint resolution has been introduced that would amend the Texas Constitution to remove the mandatory retirement age of 75 for judges and justices across the state.

The bill is a longshot — two-thirds of both chambers would have to pass it before the question would be put to voters for the final say — and last legislative session, the resolution didn’t even get a hearing in committee.