competence

Perhaps the most interesting decision Oppenheim makes is giving all the key players a measure of competence.

“Clearly, her competence could not be the reason for her promotion,” King wrote in the legal filing.

As well as surgical errors, she was found to have had poor insight into her own levels of competence, partly through being inexperienced, and that she had failed to seek help from more senior colleagues.

Most recently another flashpoint has involved the removal of Inuit children from their families following "parenting competence" tests.

She claims never to have doubted Biden’s competence, even while she worried about how he appeared to the public.