Well one doesn't have to have been a judge, but one should be involved somehow with the entire process. Thurgood Marshall had a rather meteoric rise to the bench with only a few years on the court of appeals, but he also had extensive experience litigating cases in front of the courts of appeals and the supreme court.

What really more than anything stands out is how little this woman seems to care for the law. Supreme Court Justice is a job for a law-geek. I think Scalia is an incredible danger to the country. I think he's frightening and fascist, but he's a law geek. Law is his life. That's the kind of people who should be on the court.

I would be quite surprised if this woman doesn't retire after a few years.