Thanks to the magic of politics, any lawyer with good connections can get on the Supreme Court, because Justices are appointed by politicians elected by (fill in blank).
“Class of 2015, you should not leave Stone Ridge High School thinking that you face challenges that are at all, in any important sense, unprecedented,” he said. “Humanity has been around for at least some 5,000 years or so, and I doubt that the basic challenges as confronted are any worse now, or alas even much different, from what they ever were.”
Guess which Justice said this and which president appointed him? No peeking!