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Originally posted by jubilance1922
I'm concerned that she has no judicial experience...Being a judge is a lot different from being a lawyer.
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Very much so. When you're a lawyer, you're automatically a strong advocate of one side. Sure, you have to think about the other side, but moreso just to anticipate the arguments against you and how to defend argainst them. Whereas a judge, on any level, has to carefully consider both sides and do their very best to be neutral.
While I know there have been SC justices without prior judicial experience, I personally would prefer someone with judicial experience- more practical experience being in the judicial mindset. We don't have any evidence to show us her beliefs or judicial philosophy. She can say all she wants, but there's no evidence of her prior actions to back it up. She doesn't have a demonstrated record.
While i'm happy he nominated a female, it appears that he nominated her because she's a female, a lawyer, and a friend. Regardless of political affiliation, those three things aren't enough for putting someone on the bench.
(As a side note, it's not even that I purely am against her right now because of her political party. Hell, i'm on the campaign committee of a Republican judicial candidate here in my county. )