Exploring the Rule of 80
Paul Cassell and Michael McConnell apparently decided that they preferred academia to the judiciary.
Judge Cassell resigned as a federal district judge to focus on his return to his teaching career at the University of Utah.
Judge McConnell resigned from the Tenth Circuit to teach law at Stanford.
Both were elevated to the bench from the Utah faculty.
Both resigned long before the Rule of 80 would have applied.
Paul Cassell and Michael McConnell apparently decided that they preferred academia to the judiciary.
Judge Cassell resigned as a federal district judge to focus on his return to his teaching career at the University of Utah.
Judge McConnell resigned from the Tenth Circuit to teach law at Stanford.
Both were elevated to the bench from the Utah faculty.
Both resigned long before the Rule of 80 would have applied.