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Over the past few decades, most US Supreme Court nominees have been chosen from among the judges serving on the US Courts of Appeals Circuit Courts. This is no accident, as the Circuit Court appointment often indicates the candidate is being groomed for a future vacancy on the Court.

One of the benefits of appellate court experience includes having an opportunity to develop a record of jurisprudence (or a pattern of decision-making) prior to nomination. This makes the nominee less of a wild card for both President and Senate, who, in the past, have been surprised to learn some justices' ideologies after they joined bench.

Prior to the mid-20th century, Supreme Court justices were equally likely to have been lawyers, or to have served in another political capacity, and had little or no prior judicial experience.

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