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It's weird that 40-45% of Congress is attorneys.
by taude 12y ago
It's weird that 40-45% of Congress is attorneys.
- gorner 12y agoWell, their (nominal) job _is_ to make laws. Members of Congress should be able to read and understand them before voting on them. But a more representative sample of occupations would be great too.
- randallsquared 12y agoOn the face of it, it doesn't seem any more odd than that judges are usually attorneys. Also, you'd expect people who are more involved with arguing the law to gravitate toward trying to get the job that involves creating or amending the law.
- protomyth 12y agoSome of that is what's become a standard career path for A.G.'s and prosecutors.
- ngoede 12y agoI understand where you are coming from but it does seem straightforward that people who study the law would end up in careers where they write the law.
- afarrell 12y agoIts equally weird that a large chunk of people employed to write software went to college and majored in things that require understanding and writing software.
- mikeash 12y agoIt's no weirder than a large percentage of programmers holding degrees in computer science or computer engineering.
- rayiner 12y agoIt's about 26%: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/first-thing-we-do-lets-elect-all-the-lawyers http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/first-thing-we-.... Banking and business is catching up, though, at about 20%.