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Originally Posted by Squirtit
The last non judge appointed to the supreme court to be a judge was in 1965. After that appointment we learned that appellate judiciary experience is important for someone who (gasp!) wants to be a judge!
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That is something that still amazes me Squirtit. Where else in the world.. or at least the "civilized" world, would you get so many appointments to positions of relative importance of people with often no credentials, qualifications or valid track record?
Dumping political crap, tho hard to get away from in the US, there are very few countries where public service indivduals just pop up out of oblivion and end up in positions.. eg.. such as "President"??? Duh! Especially when that person has an utterly disasterous prior record in both his short term political career or business career.
I remember speaking with an elderly lady who was a well-known international jurist, (*very* bright and amazingly "level" in all her words), when I questioned the US scenario of the judical system, the response was just a smile. But then followed comments along the lines that there are many good judges within the system, but the system and external elements fail them. An example of an "external element" being the inability of a US Admin being unable/not willing to ratify human rights treaties, - even for their own citizens.
Sure, you would think the basic qualification, especially for a Supreme Court Justice, was 25-30 years on a bench and with a clean track record. And... sure as fuck not any judge who has expressed *any* political affiliations, nevermind working on behalf of one political party! But... it's the US!
