Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page reaches mandatory retirement age of 70 in August. In an interview with Associated Press, he spoke of the 12-13,000 domestic violence cases in Minnesota each year. “Being a woman in this society is dangerous, simply because you’re a woman,” he said.

Page is one of only two NFL defensive linemen to be league MVP (1971) and played 14 years in the league, 8 of them with the Viking’s Purple People Eater defense. He has served on the Supreme Court for 22 years. Photo by Jim Mone, AP. More here.