Stephen Breyer/SCOTUS

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(01-30-2022, 10:24 PM)GMDino Wrote: Just ran across this:

If you look at all 58 of the Justices appointed to #SCOTUS since 1900, the data is even more telling re: lack of prior judicial experience.

25/58 (43.1%) had no prior state or federal judicial experience.

Average prior experience: < 5 years.
Median prior experience: 2.5 years. https://t.co/B6HUEibVuB pic.twitter.com/jbQ77fB7G8

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 30, 2022

 

I do like seeing that with the last 12 justices (Kennedy onward), 8 had at least a decade of experience. Personally, I'd prefer seeing that for a lifetime appointment.