should politicians and judges be required to take competency tests?

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  1. bill yon profile image71
    bill yonposted 14 years ago

    after a certain age should older politicians and judges be required to under go a mental exam?

    1. MikeNV profile image68
      MikeNVposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Based on what?

      Many practicing attorneys could not pass the bar later in their careers.

      Should we require Attorneys to retake the bar every couple of years?

      Who would make this decision.

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        A Texanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        I'm gonna go ahead and put you in charge of that.

        1. Cagsil profile image71
          Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          lol lol lol

    2. NewYorker profile image58
      NewYorkerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yes. But my comment is based on the fact that I use every opportunity I get to look smart and in my opinion, politicians are idiots.

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      logic,commonsenseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Absolutely!  Sen. Byrd is apparently senile as Thurman was!

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      chasingcarsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Anyone running for public office should have to understand the concepts of hypcritical and irony.

  2. bill yon profile image71
    bill yonposted 14 years ago

    based on the fact that there is a lot of very powerful and very old politicians and judges making decisions that affect this country,and some of them are battleing dementia,and ahlzheimers,think about that,I'm not talking about retaking the bar exam I'm talking tests designed to see if they are in they're right state of mind.

    1. The Rope profile image60
      The Ropeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      That's one of the reasons all politicians and judges should have term limits.

  3. Misha profile image62
    Mishaposted 14 years ago

    No. Another waste of taxpayer money.

  4. prettydarkhorse profile image55
    prettydarkhorseposted 14 years ago

    ""CARING"" test maybe

  5. manlypoetryman profile image76
    manlypoetrymanposted 14 years ago

    Why...that would just be one other thing to add to the list of things...they can't pass right!

  6. Chouji-Von-Lycan profile image61
    Chouji-Von-Lycanposted 14 years ago

    realistically everyone in every job should be made to do a retest every couple of years, as when you have been in a job for a couple of years you become relaxed and lazy, you start to skimp on your work just to get it out of the way, and you pick up bad habits that you should really do and can forget how to do your job properly.

    So as you have mentioned, we should have tests to see if you are still upto speed and fully capable of doing your job, for those of us that do do our work it could be good, as we see those idle ones at work and get annoyed by the lack of work that they do, they owuld soon be gone once they fail the test smile

    1. NewYorker profile image58
      NewYorkerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      That is a beautiful username..

      1. Chouji-Von-Lycan profile image61
        Chouji-Von-Lycanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        awwh thank you, that's the first time i've been told that, usually i'm told it's different, it comprises of 3 differrent languages, Chouji - Japanese, Von - German, Lycan - Greek, it basically means "New Birth From Werewolves" so it's a very odd name granted lol

        1. NewYorker profile image58
          NewYorkerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I was trying to pronounce it..

          But man, that just looks gorgeous.

  7. Flightkeeper profile image65
    Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

    I think it's a good idea, but instead of making it standard to all judges, perhaps they should use a triggering event(s).  When it comes to politicians, there's no difference between an incompetent one and a competent one.

    1. The Rope profile image60
      The Ropeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      big_smilebig_smile:

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    Amazin Gracieposted 14 years ago

    Am not sure about competancy - sincerity, passion, integrity should be demonstrated -
    have no clue how.

    More important to me would be what qualities to exclude - lack of flexibility, dogmatic belief system, judgmental, arrogant, ulterior motives, conflict of interest, individualistic personality.

  9. bill yon profile image71
    bill yonposted 14 years ago

    maybe a mandatory retirement age for all of them like...65 or 72?

 
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