[DJ MacWoW]

It doesn't matter that she wasn't a judge.

Yes. It does. And I said why.

But it sure would help her if she had clerked for a Supreme Court Justice or tried cases in front of them.

Help? How? All I care about is that she agrees with the Constitution as it was written. No "Living Document" bullcrap. And no "hidden laws or rights" that aren't even implied.

[msnimje]

It doesn't matter that she wasn't a judge. Yes. It does. And I said why.

William H. Rehnquist was never a judge and he was a very good justice. But he had a background with the court (clerked for a Supreme Court Justice) and he was the Assistant Attorney General for the United States giving him the opportunity to deal the SCOTUS a great deal.