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CK_John

(10,005 posts)
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:11 AM Mar 2017

Even the Pope could be on the Supreme Court.

There are no official qualifications for becoming a Supreme Court justice. The Constitution spells out age, citizenship and residency requirements for becoming president of the United States or a member of Congress but mentions no rules for joining the nation's highest court.

https://www.opednews.com/articles/Qualifications-To-Be-Nomin-by-Leon-Thompson-100410-154.html

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