100% Oh, you said Lawyers, I did not hear you correctly. Why is a remark like the one above printed? It's not helpful. Anyone, including myself, who takes time to look at the answer WASTES time looking for an answer.
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Congressmen, senators, legislators, governors, presidents, etc.
Senators vote on if a law should pass. If 2/3 vote for the bill to pass, it does.
The legislative or law making branch of the federal government is Congress. Congress has two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. The people who are elected by constituents in their individual states are known as Congressmen and Senators.
It is for the same reason that the people are represented by both Congressmen and Senators: so that each body of officials can keep a check on the other in order for the state legislature (law-making body) to work more effectively.
According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS) - "As has been true in previous Congresses, most Members of the 110th Congress hold university degrees. CRS research indicates 401 Members of the House and 97 Senators hold bachelor's degrees; 123 Members of the House and 19 Senators have master's degrees; 179 Members of the House and 57 Senators hold law degrees; 22 Members of the House have doctoral (Ph.D) degrees; and 13 Members of the House and four Senators hold medical degrees. In addition, there are four graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, three in the House and one in the Senate; two Senators are graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy; and one Representative (a woman) is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Three Representatives and three Senators were Rhodes Scholars, three Representatives were Fulbright Scholars, and one was a Marshall Scholar."
The US Congress passed a law that ordered the US mint to issue these coins. The plan was to get people to use the one-dollar coins in place of the paper dollar bills and save millions in replacement costs. ( I do not know which Congressmen or senators pushed for the law.)
There are currently 61 US Senators with a law degree. 31 of these are Republicans. In the House of Representatives, there are 169 members with law degrees and 78 are Republicans.
Too many.
The senators and representatives from the U.S. are from the state that they represent, it's the law!
It must have a degree in law
Congressmen vote if it should be a law or not. Majority rules. If the bill has been vetoed, or rejected by the president, 2/3 of the congressmen must vote yes.
Lawyers go to graduate school in Law. Called law schools...all they give is degrees in law... Many schools have programs and even advanced degrees (after receiving your law degree) that are specialized in a field of law.