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i STILL STRONGLY AGREE.

BTW, Jim, I hate to try and tackle such a problem with law but I wonder what practical solution there might be . . .

I think government should have a very low minority of lawyers instead of 90+%??? At least they should not have a larger proportion of legislative posts than their percentage in the population.

I also think Judges should NOT be lawyers at all. Judges need to be acknowledged fair, honorable, honest, down to earth; salt of the earth folk with a long track record of such in their local communities before becoming a judge--including of the Supreme court.

I believe these two things could raise conservatism a lot--at least freedom a lot. I'm curious if you have any thoughts on such.

I also think Judges should NOT be lawyers at all.

The best judges I've met were never lawyers.

That said, I have to point out that as long as we have a legal system as complex as we do, we have to have judges that know the law.