That's because 47% of the Senate are attorneys/former practicing attorneys. Need more ex-Scientists in office. :)

No one is stopping them. There's no requirement that you be a lawyer. And lol, what a crazy idea... a lawmaker studying lawyering?! What a scam!

	▲	taude 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Just pointing out that congress has a lot of attorneys, and the OP was complaining about all the pro-attorney legislation. Don't know why you think there's not correlation.