Supreme Court declines to take up suspended 98-year-old judge's bid to hear cases again

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The Supreme Court has declined to hear Judge Pauline Newman's appeal of her suspension from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Newman, 98, was suspended from hearing cases due to concerns about her health and capacity to perform her duties, with her "habitual delays" cited as prejudicial to justice.
Newman argued her suspension violated constitutional protections and was an attempt by Chief Judge Kimberly Moore to sideline a dissenting judge.
The Judicial Council for the Federal Circuit had suspended Newman, and subsequent appeals to the Judicial Conference of the United States and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit were unsuccessful.
Newman's legal team expressed disappointment, calling the Supreme Court's denial a "dark day for the independence of the federal judiciary."

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