you can become a magistrate judge in many states WITHOUT being a licensed lawyer

[noumoe]

Right now, millions of people are finding out you can become a magistrate judge in many states WITHOUT being a licensed lawyer — Teresa Stokes never passed the bar exam — fully empowered to let repeat criminal offenders roam the streets to murder innocents.

Utter lunacy.

[noumoe]

The 32 states allowing judges or magistrates without a law degree are:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.