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BigBulge · 41-45, M
Gee, apparently, you don't know that the Attorney General has to be an ATTORNEY.
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@BigBulge I don't believe that is a requirement
LordShadowfire · M
@HoraceGreenley It is right there in the name.
-Corvus Blackthorne
-Corvus Blackthorne
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Looks it up. You’re wrong. Yet again. @LordShadowfire
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Are you sick or drinking? Your behavior is more addled than usual. @LordShadowfire
BigBulge · 41-45, M
"LOOKS IT UP ?" I looked it up before I responded. The United States Attorney General must be an attorney. @jackjjackson
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@BigBulge I don't believe so
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
You’re making that up lol. Nonetheless I wonder how he would surivive a senate confirmation hearing. @BigBulge
LordShadowfire · M
@jackjjackson [quote]Are you sick or drinking? Your behavior is more addled than usual.[/quote]
Now, either prove that the attorney general does not need to be an attorney, or be silent.
Now, either prove that the attorney general does not need to be an attorney, or be silent.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
OK. I’ll humor you.
The Attorney General invariably has been, but is not legally required to be, a lawyer. The Constitution is silent as to his or her qualifications, and 28 U.S.C. 503 provides simply, “The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Attorney General of the United States. The Attorney General is the head of the Department of Justice.” Sec. 505 still includes the language “learned in the law” as to the Solicitor General only.
For many years the Attorney General served in the Cabinet but led no department; the Department of Justice wasn’t created until 1870.
@LordShadowfire
The Attorney General invariably has been, but is not legally required to be, a lawyer. The Constitution is silent as to his or her qualifications, and 28 U.S.C. 503 provides simply, “The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Attorney General of the United States. The Attorney General is the head of the Department of Justice.” Sec. 505 still includes the language “learned in the law” as to the Solicitor General only.
For many years the Attorney General served in the Cabinet but led no department; the Department of Justice wasn’t created until 1870.
@LordShadowfire