<p>i absolutely abhor, despise, loathe :</p>
<p>political science and economics, for MAJORS that is, (not for a general class).</p>
<p>so what could I major in? </p>
<p>and how many requirements/what restrictions apply</p>
<p>I wanna work in the SENATE.</p>
<p>Undergrad really does not matter, you will need to be a lawyer or someone very connected in the political world. Plus if you abhor poly sci, being a senator might not be the best career move.</p>
<p>law and business are the dominant majors. law opens more windows than business. you need a lot of money to run for office in the first place.</p>
<p>What I don't understand is why you abhorr poly sci and econ as majors. That doesn't make any sense.</p>
<p>history, anthopology, sociology....all good</p>
<p>Law is not a major. =)</p>
<p>Really...a profession in law isn't all that important....Dennis Hastert used to be a highschool wrestling coach and Bill Frist used to be a physician.......I also wish to go in to the US Senate later in life...I mean...I'm pursuing law school, but I'm also considering getting my M.D.....it all depends on your ability to persuade and get ppl to follow you...a law degree is good to have so you have an idea of what kinda laws your state is centered on/what kind they might benefit from....but it's all about how you appeal</p>
<p>Persuasian is the key...if you can get interest groups to give you a few million dollars to run a successful Senate campaign, then you'll be set...a career with money that you enjoy is also key...if you're good at something, then you can possibly help out your constituents substantially in that particular area and gain support of interest groups that deal with your profession....average Senate campaign ranges from $2-15KK to finance</p>
<p>Now the Supreme Court...obviously no profession is specified for a Justice...but about 90% of Justices within the last couple of decades have had law degrees...a majority from Stanford and Yale</p>
<p>Major in whatever you want, then go to law school. While a law degree is not a REQUIREMENT for working in the Senate, it is incredibly useful.</p>
<p>Which Justices have NOT had law degrees? Do remember that, until the 20th century, law school was very different from what it is now. A justice who sat on the bench during the 60s could well have gone to college during the 1890s - and thus, you really use his education as a model.</p>
<p>Stanley Reed was the last one :p...he attended law school at UVa and Columbia...just never got the degree lol</p>
<p>he accounts for that 10 percent within the last 3 decades :p</p>
<p>He left office in 1957. Dahlin, that was almost five decades ago. He was BORN in the, ahem, 19th century. Not a great comparison to you kids - born in the late 1980s. ;)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.oyez.org/oyez/portlet/justices/%5B/url%5D">http://www.oyez.org/oyez/portlet/justices/</a></p>
<p>If you want to see the background/bios of all of the justices.</p>
<p>yep my dates are a little off....guy died in 1980 so i figured he'd have stayed on the bench during his entire lifetime...now that i realize he was 96 when he died....ummm...yeah...i guess you get where i'm goin with this :p.....</p>
<p>No problems. :) We'll settle this amicably. Just acknowledge that your town is way cooler than mine and we can call it a day. :p</p>
<p>no no i refuse...you admit that, by living in a small village with cows, you preservey your life, and I, by living in a small city, have a higher chance of dying due to external factors...and that you are better off :)</p>
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<p>90%? Try 100%. It takes a practicing law degree to practice in any court. Well, and passing the bar too.</p>