Yes, precisely.
Practicing lawyers never get into THE BIG PICTURE questions. The Supreme Court is precisely where those THE BIG PICTURE issues are argued and they depend upon a solid grounding in centuries of law.
Rokke, you can fly a plane. But can you design one ? That is what a judge does as opposed to a lawyer. Can you create THE BIG PICTURE ?
So I take it you believe the Constitution should be rewritten. Sigh. No wonder I don't understand people who don't like Miers.