Originally Posted by MoonDog

Being a crony does not necessarily mean that a person is unqualified to serve on the US Supreme Court.

Take, for example, Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson. He was a brilliant legal mind, who is held to be one of the finest writers of decisions that the Court ever had. Of course, he might claim (if he were still with us) that his greatest contribution came when he was Chief American Prosecutor for the Allies during the International Military Tribunal in Nuremburg after WW II.

Jackson did NOT graduate from law school, and I believe only had one full year. Afterwards, he returned to his hometown to practice law locally, but only after he apprenticed with local lawyers! I think that Jackson was the last US Supreme Court Justice to serve without a formal law degree.

Jackson was very involved politically, and was considered close to Franklin Delano Roosvelt. It was FDR who tapped Jackson to come to Washington DC to serve as General Counsel of the IRS. He moved from the IRS to the SEC, and then worked his way up through various Asst. Attorneys General position, until he was made US Attorney General.

He was also the US Solicitor General previous to the Attorney General appointment, but I have no clue what that position entails.

Never did Jackson serve as a judge. And yet, he took various appointments, did well in those capacities, proved his loyalty to his party, and was awarded a spot on the SCOTUS.

Great man. I don't compare this woman to him as far as talent, but I fail to see why serving as a judge is a "necessary" qualification here.

Rip away.