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DrScump on Feb 14, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died

You're suggesting that he appoint to SCOTUS someone who has never been a judge at any level, even municipal court?

That has happened once at the state level. It didn't end well.

tomjakubowski on Feb 14, 2016 [–]

I'm not suggesting that, merely asking if a ridiculous hypothetical situation would be legal. And contrary to your implication, there have been 40 SCOTUS justices who had no prior judicial experience, including several Chief Justices.

source: http://supreme.findlaw.com/supreme_court/justices/nopriorexp...

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