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To: Sopater

Only problem is there is no requirement to be an attorney in order to be a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.


28 posted on 07/30/2010 2:48:09 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan

But falsifying reports or ethics violations might be grounds for ineligibility as a SCOTUS Justice.


59 posted on 07/31/2010 1:33:21 PM PDT by historyrepeatz
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To: SeaHawkFan
Only problem is there is no requirement to be an attorney in order to be a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

No, there isn't a requirement. However, as she is an attorney [and knows the law against falsifying evidence], if she were sanctioned by SCOTUS - her nomination might be in peril.

I did hear of this allegation about a month or so ago - where some commission or organization produced an opinion on partial birth abortion in a dociment. Kagan then wrote a paper for the Clinton Administration that significantly departed from what the opinion stated. That paper was then submitted to SCOTUS during a subsequent case.

Her writing the paper did not in and of itself constitute a vioaltion - as long as she [herself] had no involvement in its submission to SCOTUS. However, if she was the one who submitted it to SCOTUS [or had knowledge thereof of its submission], and did not notify SCOTUS of its inaccuracies - she might have a problem.

63 posted on 07/31/2010 1:49:24 PM PDT by Lmo56 (</i><p>)
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