re: #206 KGxvi

there’s a very clear career path/pipeline in law. If you want to become a judge, your best bet is to go to work for the DA’s office. From there, depending on how your state chooses judges, you’ve got a pretty good chance to either be appointed or elected. Same thing happens with federal judgeships - former federal prosecutors make up the largest share of federal judges (Cato Institute study from 2021, not sure what effect Biden’s appointments have had on this).