Letters,
Judges and Judiciary
Dec. 4, 2014
Lack of experience is actually quite common
Not until President Dwight Eisenhower was in office did an issue arise over appointing only justices with prior judicial experience. By Aashish Y. Desai
Aashish Y. Desai
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University of Houston Law Center; Houston TX
In response to retired Justice Rick Sims' Dec. 1 article, "Nominee lacks the necessary experience," I offer the following:
Lack of judicial experience actually historically has been quite common. Not until President Dwight Eisenhower was in office did an issue arise over appointing only justices with prior judicial experience. Until then, it was routinely done with some 40 prior Supreme Court justices having zero prior judicial experience.
Justice Elena Kagan would be...
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