This may not have occurred to you, but a Supreme Court judge is like an aircraft-carrier. How? Just count the ways. First: longevity. One of the first carriers to arrive off Afghanistan after 9/11 was the USS Enterprise, a carrier that first saw service in the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. When it retires in 2013 it will have given 51 years of service. An investment that continues to pay off after half a century is a wonderful thing. The justices of the Supreme Court are also investments for the long term. This week saw the retirement, still sound at 90, of Justice John Paul Stevens, who got his commission from Gerald Ford and has served on the court for 35 years.
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机译：您可能没有发生过这种情况，但是最高法院的法官就像航空母舰。怎么样？只要数一数。第一：长寿。 9/11之后首批从阿富汗起飞的航母之一便是USS Enterprise，这是一架在1962年古巴导弹危机中首次服役的航母。2013年退役时，它将服役51年。经过半个世纪的努力，这种投资能够持续回报，这是一件了不起的事情。从长远来看，最高法院的法官也是投资。约翰·保罗·史蒂文斯（John Paul Stevens）大法官本周退休，享年90岁，他从杰拉尔德·福特（Gerald Ford）获得了委任，并在法院工作了35年。
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