The weird part is that we& #39;ve somehow as a society gotten to the point where 2 years of clerking, 3 years of practice, and 3 years as an appellate judge is suddenly adequate qualification for the highest court we have

It& #39;s like affirmative action for the religious right https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1313942053743599618">https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/st...
All the sycophants going "Amy Covid Barrett is highly qualified to sit on the Supreme Court!"

And I& #39;m just sitting here thinking "a résumé that thin won& #39;t even get you elected to the Court of Appeals in most states"
She was only a practicing lawyer for 3 years – she then had 5 years in a judicial role (2 writing opinions as a clerk and 3 as a judge), and spent the rest of her career teaching (which is all well ans good but not SCOTUS-relevant IMO) https://twitter.com/youngex20/status/1313962775425753094">https://twitter.com/youngex20...
Maybe being in a state where we elect our judges has skewed my thinking, idk
I mean let& #39;s go through North Carolina& #39;s Supreme Court justices for comparison

Before first joining the NC Supreme Court, our Chief Justice Cheri Beasley had:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 8 years as a public defender
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 9 years as a District Court Judge
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 4 years on the NC Court of Appeals
Before first joining the Supreme Court, Justice Paul Newby had:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 4 years in private practice
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 1 year in-house counsel
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 19 years as an Assistant US Attorney

Justice Robin Hudson had:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 24 years in private practice
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 5 years on the NC Court of Appeals
Before first joining the Supreme Court, Justice Sam Ervin IV had:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 18 years in private practice
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 9 years on the state utility commission (a quasi-judicial body)
Before first joining the Supreme Court, Justice Michael Morgan had:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 10 years in the Department of Justice
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 5 years as an Administrative Law Judge
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 10 years as a District Court Judge
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 12 years as a Superior Court Judge
Before first joining the Supreme Court, Justice Anita Earls had:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 10 years in private practice
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 2 years in the US Department of Justice
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 17 years in public interest practice
Before first joining the Supreme Court, Justice Mark Davis had:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 13 years in private practice
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 5 years in the Department of Justice
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 2 years as General Counsel to the Governor
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 6 years on the NC Court of Appeals
By contrast, Amy Covid Barrett – being nominated to a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court of the entire United States – has:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 2 years as a law clerk
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 3 years private practice
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 3 years on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 2 years as a law clerk
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 2 years in private practice
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 1 year special counsel to the US Senate
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 2 years as Associate White House Counsel
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 3 years as Deputy Director for the Domestic Policy Council
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 1 year as Solicitor General https://twitter.com/dbbaskette/status/1313968686294863878">https://twitter.com/dbbaskett...
I wasn& #39;t a fan of Kagan& #39;s credentials, but even she had a longer resume than Barrett https://twitter.com/rscholtz/status/1313970578882260992">https://twitter.com/rscholtz/...
It varies; Newby, Hudson, Ervin, Morgan, and Earls were all elected first, while Beasley and Davis were appointed and then ran for re-election https://twitter.com/rscholtz/status/1313967690864787459">https://twitter.com/rscholtz/...
Touché https://twitter.com/BrickeBurkle/status/1313971451763064832">https://twitter.com/BrickeBur...
I& #39;d say Gorsuch / Sotomayor / Roberts are the top 3 (in no particular order). Kagan and Breyer together. Then the rest. https://twitter.com/booklegger/status/1313972151758868481">https://twitter.com/booklegge...
IMO appellate experience isn& #39;t experience if you haven& #39;t either been a practicing lawyer at the trial level or been a trial-level judge. Blows my mind how little some appellate judges know about trial level basics – errors in which they& #39;re expected to rule on coherently https://twitter.com/tybritten/status/1313972414158712837">https://twitter.com/tybritten...
There are no qualifications in the Constitution for a Supreme Court Justice – they don& #39;t even have to be a lawyer or law school graduate

Congress setting statutory minimum qualifications would like be struck down for violating separation of powers though, I suspect https://twitter.com/lauber_andy/status/1313972901394214915">https://twitter.com/lauber_an...
I find it very weird that she and Gorsuch are the two I most enjoy reading https://twitter.com/eoellrich83/status/1313974021420052480">https://twitter.com/eoellrich...
Without tangible practice experience, I don& #39;t think law teaching is helpful for a Supreme Court Justice https://twitter.com/rachhankster/status/1313973557127307264">https://twitter.com/rachhanks...
Prior tweet said with the requisite apologies to my law professor friends / mentors / former teachers https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">

There is immense value to practitioners in legal scholarship. But without seeing how precedent gets applied, you end up w/ sh*t like the Good Faith Exception to 4A, or QI
Same concept but different rationale; US Term Limits was a Supremacy Clause case IIRC https://twitter.com/questauthority/status/1313975598461726721">https://twitter.com/questauth...
Descended from, yes – that Sam Ervin& #39;s grandson is on the NC Supreme Court

(And still more qualified than the current SCOTUS nominee!) https://twitter.com/SusieusMaximus/status/1313978906534244354">https://twitter.com/SusieusMa...
Frankly I don& #39;t actually know; pretty sure all of my professors had practice experience so I& #39;ve not been taught by someone who didn& #39;t

But there& #39;s a world of difference between the top-tier law schools and the rest of us https://twitter.com/kestrel607/status/1313981194128646145">https://twitter.com/kestrel60...
In terms of practical experience, I agree

In terms of his slavish obedience to police and finding no misconduct he wouldn& #39;t excuse, no https://twitter.com/booktweeting/status/1313985999509258240">https://twitter.com/booktweet...
https://twitter.com/bbennettesq/status/1313968744759259139">https://twitter.com/bbennette...
Yes. 13 years on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, plus 8 years as a lawyer and 2 years as a clerk in addition to her teaching experience https://twitter.com/MelDennis12/status/1314002373115891714">https://twitter.com/MelDennis...
SCOTUS justices should be limited to 18 years, staggered so there is one vacancy every odd-numbered year

I& #39;m open to different approaches for the lower courts https://twitter.com/TheRealStanB/status/1314022520463523841">https://twitter.com/TheRealSt...
I& #39;m not sure "she& #39;s at least as qualified as Democrats& #39; last minimally-qualified justice!" is a compelling argument

Doubly so when it& #39;s not actually true https://twitter.com/akivamcohen/status/1314002941536333825">https://twitter.com/akivamcoh...
There is some academic discussion that this would be a way to enforce SCOTUS term limits without a constitutional amendment: after X years on the SCOTUS bench, they then get moved to help the appellate or district courts https://twitter.com/JamesNi78789263/status/1314024209996296193">https://twitter.com/JamesNi78...
I agree, but big part of that requires Congress to start acting like a legislative branch https://twitter.com/EaracheEye/status/1314034109866532864">https://twitter.com/EaracheEy...
Rehnquist had 1 year as a law clerk, 16 years in private practice, and 2 years in the Office of Legal Counsel before joining the Supreme Court

Warren had 3 years in private practice, 1 year as a city attorney, 18 years as a prosecutor, and 4 years as Attorney General

Try again. https://twitter.com/surfnsrq/status/1314034993564471300">https://twitter.com/surfnsrq/...
I already addressed the uselessness of appellate-only "bench experience" earlier in the thread

Tweet less. Read more. https://twitter.com/TolledBe/status/1314056980181344257">https://twitter.com/TolledBe/...
Wrong: https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1313970973113290756

Try">https://twitter.com/greg_douc... again. Do better. https://twitter.com/KevinKay500bee/status/1314087797171593216">https://twitter.com/KevinKay5...
Different people have different reasons for disliking

Mine is that she& #39;s the experiential equivalent of an 8th year lawyer – would literally anyone hire an 8th year to run a big city law firm? Of course not https://twitter.com/riScorpian/status/1314072156519780352">https://twitter.com/riScorpia...
Already addressed Kagan& #39;s experience – multiple times – in the thread

"But at least she& #39;s got a little appellate judging experience to make up for the fact she& #39;s somehow even less experienced than the Democrats& #39; least-experienced appointee!" is a weird flex https://twitter.com/kirkfreemanlaw/status/1314183189200601091">https://twitter.com/kirkfreem...
https://twitter.com/g_sharp_major/status/1314134718103912450">https://twitter.com/g_sharp_m...
People do tend to "scream rape" when sexual predators get nominated, yes https://twitter.com/surfnsrq/status/1314248014945542145">https://twitter.com/surfnsrq/...
Imagine tweeting out "the only male Republicans we have to nominate to the Supreme Court would be credibly accused of sexual impropriety" thinking you were owning the libs

Especially after Gorsuch, who as I recall had no such allegations against him
Accurate

A lot of anti-Trump folks – me included – would love to see Willett on SCOTUS https://twitter.com/rscholtz/status/1314269551966720000">https://twitter.com/rscholtz/...
I don& #39;t think the Senate would get anyone confirmed in a midterm election year tbh https://twitter.com/jon_the_captain/status/1314284367003422721">https://twitter.com/jon_the_c...
A judge who can& #39;t even fill out disclosure paperwork competently?

Yikes https://twitter.com/jameshohmann/status/1314599404352016386">https://twitter.com/jameshohm...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1"> The ABA doesn& #39;t appoint judges, so I don& #39;t particularly care about their ratings

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2"> Yes, she is https://twitter.com/fedjudges/status/1315490925963952130">https://twitter.com/fedjudges...
Republicans crack me up suddenly caring about ABA ratings that they& #39;ve spent the past however many decades railing against https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen"> https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤦‍♂️" title="Mann schlägt sich die Hand vors Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Mann schlägt sich die Hand vors Gesicht">
It& #39;s all theater

Tedious theater from people smart enough to know better, but theater just the same https://twitter.com/adotsad/status/1315497024368775169">https://twitter.com/adotsad/s...
Yep. The ratings only matter when they think it helps them politically https://twitter.com/jay_peg/status/1315497074704564224">https://twitter.com/jay_peg/s...
She& #39;s basically an 8th year lawyer

I& #39;m also an 8th year lawyer – and while I confess to having an outlandishly oversized ego, I& #39;m not arrogant enough to think I& #39;m qualified for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States https://twitter.com/kyliecattchan/status/1315501584084656129">https://twitter.com/kyliecatt...
I& #39;d have to recuse myself from everything because I tweeted about it at some point https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen"> https://twitter.com/89_rakhar/status/1315515451334512642">https://twitter.com/89_rakhar...
Short answer is no one knows for sure

Federal judges, including SCOTUS justices, can& #39;t be removed from office except via impeachment + removal. But there is a school of thought that they can be "demoted," similar to "senior status" of lower court judges

I& #39;m skeptical, but idk https://twitter.com/hypocrisy_45/status/1315518053182996481">https://twitter.com/hypocrisy...
My thought is well. There& #39;s a long list of amply qualified options, and they picked this one instead https://twitter.com/eksorum/status/1315517618275614720">https://twitter.com/eksorum/s...
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