Well, you see, that's a mistake. Competency in the law and competency in languageāsome people may be gifted in both, but a linguist may not be a good lawyer. There are lots of them who are very good lawyers, and they can speak two or maybe more languages. It's not an impediment to be a linguist.
However, come back to the essential question. You've asked the tough question: are we going to pick competence over the ability to understand the other language? Don't cloud the issue by saying that you have a lot of both. If you have a lot of both, you don't need the amendment and you don't come down to the question of what the main quality is for serving on the court, which is legal competency. It must be legal competency. At least, that's my opinion.