Rick, hell no, but I am not a Supreme Court justice.

The justices in that court decide on the constitutionality of laws. Academia provides an excellent venue for that experience. The Supreme Court overturns or approves as constitutional state and local laws. A decision on constitutionality does not necessarily require years on a federal bench, but years in the study of consitutional law, and lots of brainpower to go with it.

A judgement of an engineering design, or even of its feasibility, however, requires experience outside of academic experience, sometimes.

I suspect that she is bright enough to hear cases by opposing attorneys on these issues without falling for legal tactics, if that what you mean. Remember, the justices deliberate before they vote and issue their opinions.

John, nothing that you mentioned even implies a lack of adherence to the Constitution. You might enjoy checking out a good text on Constitutional Law. Stone and Seidman is a good one. Chereminsky is a good one, too. Hell, get used copies on Amazon.com. For example, you might check out the cases concerning the due process and equal rights clauses of the 14th amendment, such as Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), or 2nd amendment decision and opinions, such as UNITED STATES v. MILLER, 307 U.S. 174 to get a flavor of the explanations for the consitutional decisions handed down on these issues. I don't think that a blanket statement such as you made is correct. I grant you that it expresses straight-up common sense idealogy on many of the issues, especially on guns, but not the Constitutionality of some of the sentients regarding disposition of laws in regard to them.

I prefer oommon sense, too, by the way, by far. But because even common sense will cause disputes, we all have to go back and rely on law, which ultimately means the Supreme Court's interpretation of it. 


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