No Judicial Experience....

The debate thus far on the new Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers is that she lacks judicial experience. Well, History does not support such an argument being the best tack for those who oppose the President's nominee.

A list of Supreme Court nominees who have not had previous judicial experience include:

William Renquist
Lewis Powell
Abe Fortas
Arthur Goldberg
Byron White
Tom C. Clark
Harold Burton
Robert H. Jackson
James F. Byrnes
Harlan Fiske Stone
William O. Douglas
Felix Frankfurter
Stanley Reed
Owen Roberts
Charles Hughes
Pierce Butler
George Sutherland
Louis Brandeis
James McReynolds
Willam H. Moody
George Shiras
Melville Fuller
Lucius Q.C. Lamar
Morrison Waite
Joseph Bradley
Salmon P. Chase
Noah Swayne
Nathan Clifford
John A. Campbell
Benjamin R. Curtis
John McKinley
Roger B. Taney
Henry Baldwin
Joseph Story
John Marshall
Bushrod Washington
William Paterson
James Wilson

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