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[ContinentalOp]

The idea just occurred to me though I don't know if it's been proposed before. I think it should be a very strict test geared toward a graduate level education. It would test a broad spectrum of knowledge in the fields of history, governments, law, economics, philosopy, current governments around the world, etc. The idea would be to create a test that would favor the "policy wonk" and dedicated public servant and disqualify candidates whose sole credential is fame.

It would basically be like any other public license such as the bar exams, medical license, certified engineers, pilots licence etc. Why should we accept less from our public servants?

It should be the same test for all federal elected positions. Whether individual state governments adopted the test would be left up to the states but a governor running for president would have to pass the test.