>or being a trial lawyer<
This was a typo right?
Rising to be the managing partner of the largest Law Firm in Texas is an excellant qualification.Handling all of the legislative and Constitutional questions for the president for 5 years is a very good qualification.All of these jobs would require her to hear oral arguments from a number of parties read legal briefs and makle a decision that meets the constitution and precedent.It would also make her very qualified to analyze and disect opinions that do not meet muster.Most good lawyers no their opponents case as well as their on.
No, not a typo. John Edwards was also a trial lawyer, and quite a successful and powerful one, too. Lawyers are a large part of the problem with the legal system in this country, to begin with. If you're going to pick one, pick one with experience and a record as a judge. Otherwise you don't pick a lawyer, you pick someone who has led a different kind of life. With all the talk of "diversity" in the court pick, the truth of the matter is that there is zero diversity on the Court - every last one is a lawyer. That's what got us into this mess in the first place!