[aardvark1]

I know people who are absolutely brilliant thinkers and yet can't write. I know a few fantastic writers who are dumber than rocks.

You are exactly right. However, in the legal realm, especially at this level, a person has to be able to express their thoughts precisely and accurately in writing.

[johnmecainrino]

I'm more worried about her being another o'conner on the court than her writing.

If she was a conservative that couldn't write at least she could get her clerks to do that for her.

I'd rather have a conservative that couldn't write and be another vote for scalia majority opinion than a moderate that could write.

But with O'Conner she is not a conservative and can't write either.

[AmericanChef]

-However, in the legal realm, especially at this level, a person has to be able to express their thoughts precisely and accurately in writing.-

And she has done so, many times.

[P-Marlowe]

However, in the legal realm, especially at this level, a person has to be able to express their thoughts precisely and accurately in writing.

That, my friend, is the job of the law clerks. I suspect that, other than Scalia's, 90% of the Supreme Court opinions were written by the justices' law clerks. In that sense hiring skills are much more imperative than writing skills.

[shhrubbery!]

...in the legal realm, especially at this level, a person has to be able to express their thoughts precisely and accurately in writing.

I don't usually do this -- but if you're going to snark at someone for lack of precision in writing, you should at least learn the rules of grammar first.