Of the 118 former and current Justices, over 30 had no prior judicial experience. It's a common theme throughout history to occasionally nominate a non-judge (Rehnquest was never a judge) to bring fresh insight to the Court.Biker said:"all judges start out as lawyers."
True enough, I guess, but although I'm just taking a WAG at this, I suspect that most Supreme Court judges at least had *some* experience as a judge prior to their nomination.
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