To: 2ndDivisionVet
Does the U.S. Constitution require SCOTUS justices to have a law degree? Does it even require any experience practicing law, or being a judge?
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
No, I don’t believe so, but in today’s world I don’t think they’d nominate a non-attorney.
8 posted on
07/05/2014 11:33:01 AM PDT by
2ndDivisionVet
(The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Nope. In the early days many couldn't have had law degrees
per se because you had to be filthy rich to attend one of the few law schools that existed in the New World.
All passed the bar, but Levi Woodbury, who didn't serve until 1845, was the first to have actually held a law degree.
9 posted on
07/05/2014 11:37:12 AM PDT by
FredZarguna
(Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
And three of the most influential Chief Justices [for good or ill] were never judges until they were appointed to the Court: John Marshall, Earl Warren and William Rehnquist.
11 posted on
07/05/2014 11:39:26 AM PDT by
FredZarguna
(Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
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