The White House claims that 20 Supreme Court justices had no prior experience as judges before their appointments, including William Rehnquist, John Marshall, Robert Jackson, Louis Brandeis, Lewis Powell, Arthur Goldberg, Earl Warren, Tom Clark, William O. Douglas, Harlan Fiske Stone and Felix Frankfurter.
Whether one agrees or disagrees with the divergent judicial philosophies represented in this group, many of them had a significant impact.
So, Harriet Miers’ lack of experience having been dealt with by virtue of precedent, here’s the big Supreme Court question of the day:
Will John Roberts eschew those ridiculous Gilbert & Sullivan stripes that Rehnquist added to his Chief Justice robes?