[starkparker]

> I would trust the nations top lawyers more than most of the congress members we have

If you're referring to the justices, who are approved by those Congress members you don't trust, it is a dramatic stretch to assume they are the nation's best lawyers.

[TylerE]

There’s no requirement for them to be a lawyer at all, or have any legal training.

[jjmarr]

There's no federal constitutional requirement for anyone to have legal training or certification to practice law in the USA.

The requirements to practice law in the federal system are set by the judiciary itself. This dates back to England where getting "called to the bar" meant the judge giving you permission to go to a physical bar separating the spectators from the court.

It wouldn't make sense to mandate judges to be lawyers if they decide who is and isn't a lawyer. That would give the judicial branch control over their own appointments.

[TylerE]

The Supreme Court is explicitly subject to not even that.

[masklinn]

Also congress is full of lawyers.