Too many lawyers? Scalia's Take

In Sunday's Parade Magazine, Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia offered up his take on the question of whether there are too many lawyers in the US:

You’ve said that there are too many lawyers in the U.S. Why do you think that?

I don’t mean to criticize lawyers, just the need for so many lawyers. Lawyers don’t dig ditches or build buildings. When a society requires such a large number of its best minds to conduct the unproductive enterprise of the law, something is wrong with the legal system.

Read more at: http://www.parade.com/hot-topics/intelligence-report/archive/too-many-lawyers

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