Judiciary Chairman Richard Durbin admitted on Sunday that age 'is a factor' his committee will weigh when vetting President 's prospective nominees to fill outgoing Justice Stephen Breyer's seat on the Supreme Court.'It's a factor, I'm not going to mislead you, in the selection of judges at every level,' Durbin told NBC's Meet The Press when asked about Democrats looking for someone younger for the lifetime appointment.' I have a lot of friends here in Chicago who are attorneys in their 60s, who would like to cap off their career by being a federal judge -- it doesn't really make sense, you know, when you consider how little time they're likely to serve before they reach senior status or leave completely.'
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