Constitution doesn't require one, and by my count, there's too many asshole lawyers in Congress and the White House!
With very few exceptions, using asshole and lawyer in the same sentence is redundant!
All of the good lawyers are dead.
A law degree isn't even required to be a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
There is only one constitutionally mentioned office that requires legal training or experience; that is for the position of Solicitor General.
C.J. Rhenquist was once interviewed by a reporter regarding a book Rhenquist had written. The reporter mistakenly stated that a law degree was required to be a Justice on the Supreme Court. Rhenquist corrected him by saying, "No, that's not true. The only position that required legal experience was the Solicitor General; and then it only requires that the person be "learned in the law", whatever that means."
“Not sure why it matters if Grassley has a law degree or not.
Constitution doesn’t require one, and by my count, there’s too many asshole lawyers in Congress and the White House! “
Worse still, the failed lawyers who don’t get elected to public office get appointed to judgeships and stay until they die! Lawyers in political office are a major problem. In the UK, lawyers are proscribed from holding public office by law. Ought to be the same here.