Richard W. Sabers (born February 12, 1938)[1] is an associate justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court. He was forced to retire in 2008 because of a state law that requires Supreme Court justices to retire at age 70,[2] although no replacement was named until he was 71.[3] He has said that the mandatory retirement age should be raised to 75.[4]
Sabers was born in Salem, South Dakota.[1][2] He graduated from St. John's University of Collegeville, Minnesota, in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts,[1] then served two years as a lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers for the United States Army, where he was stationed in Germany.[1] Following his service, he attended law school at the University of South Dakota and began practicing law in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, following his graduation in 1966.[1]
In 1986[5] South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow appointed Sabers to the state supreme court.[6] Sabers was reelected in 1990, 1998 and 2006.[1]
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