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Her Republican colleague, Susanne T. Marshall, had never been an attorney or even graduated college, but had been appointed to the court after a long career as a Republican staffer on the Senate committee for governmental affairs.
Now, I'm not a lawyer, and I didn't graduate college, and I just might be arrogant enough to think that I could sit in judgment over an issue as complex as government employee whistle-blowing... but if anyone else ever thought that, I would be the first to call them INSANE .
How is this even possible? Is our government so taxed that they cannot perform a simple CV review before allowing an appointment to a federal bench- relevant to an issue as important as oversight- of someone who has no experience or instruction in jurisprudence??? Was this woman ever even a paralegal? A court clerk? What in the sweet Jeebus are they doing in Washington?
