[drypowder]

Lawyers, being the lowest form of human life, are so low they have to look up to see down. Do you know how many lawyer jokes there are? NONE, they are all true.

If the Constitution doesn't prohibit lawyers from holding public office, it certainly should. Aside from their ability to convince the dumb ass citizen to believe what they say, especially what they promise in a political campaign, is there an argument as to lawyers greed for material and power being at the CORE of the death of our Constitution's original intent? That statement is based on the fact that MOST politicians that end up in DC are schooled in law.

"Honest politician", now that's a joke.

[Vermont Lt]

I know things were a little backward in the early 1800’s, but I think if there were a ratified amendment to the constitution, someone would made a note of it. Even it were scratched in wood somewhere.

[Lurking Libertarian]

There was such an amendment proposed, but it was never ratified, although some publishers did erroneously print it. In any event, it was never intended to keep lawyers out of government, because "Esquire" is not a "title of nobility."

There is an exhaustive discussion of this so-called "missing amendment" here.