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Joe Biden for Supreme Court (Original Post) OldHippieChick Feb 2016 OP
Is Biden a lawyer? Does one need to be a lawyer for the position? I should know this but I don't. Ed Suspicious Feb 2016 #1
You do not have to be a lawyer to be appointed to the Supreme Court katmondoo Feb 2016 #2
He's a lawyer mcar Feb 2016 #3
Oddly, there are no specific requirements to being a OldHippieChick Feb 2016 #4
No requirements whatsoever. procon Feb 2016 #5

procon

(15,805 posts)
5. No requirements whatsoever.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:30 PM
Feb 2016

"The Constitution does not specify qualifications for Justices such as age, education, profession, or native-born citizenship. A Justice does not have to be a lawyer or a law school graduate, but all Justices have been trained in the law. Many of the 18th and 19th century Justices studied law under a mentor because there were few law schools in the country.

The last Justice to be appointed who did not attend any law school was James F. Byrnes (1941-1942). He did not graduate from high school and taught himself law, passing the bar at the age of 23."


http://www.supremecourt.gov/faq.aspx#faqgi2

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