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Many lawyers continue as partners in old firms.
We know little about what voters want from Congressmen.
Members of investigating panels with legal backgrounds left professional credentials when exposing misdeeds.
Jenner-Butler bill passed House by vote of 241 to 155
Jenner-Butler bill attempted to limit Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction especially in civil liberties
The "legal mind" embodies commitment to rule of law to protect citizens' rights
The Jenner-Butler bill of 1958 was probably most irresponsible proposal on Capitol Hill in recent years
Most Ivy League graduates returned to their home state immediately after graduation
Nonlawyers are more critical in their assessments of colleagues
Legal jargon's real purpose is to block legislation
Most lawyers are upper-middle-class in status and orientation
Southern lawyers' conservatism is due to Southern origin
Congressmen are masters of delaying action
Legal mentality can serve as constraint on legislative imagination
Only Joseph Clark and Clifford Case were prominent corporation counsel before entering Senate politics
Congressmen have long since given up the actual job of writing the bills they enact into law
Some of these lawyers are lobbyists representing special interests
Physicians professors ministers and journalists have all had successful careers in both Houses of Congress
Lawyers on the committee staffs draft and revise bills as they proceed through the gamut of conferences and compromise
An expert and nonpartisan staff performs the technical tasks of looking up precedents and framing proposed legislation in statutory language in the office of the legislative counsel of each house