The Washington Post
By Christopher Edley Jr.Sunday, May 16, 2010
Judges should be able to understand and empathize with just about anyone, because the law is about everyone. With that in mind, is what's good for Harvard and Yale good for America?
If Elena Kagan is confirmed, we will have an entire Supreme Court educated at Harvard and Yale law schools, demonstrating again the grip that academic elites have on the levers of power. Some worry this homogeneity is too anti-democratic, even for our most anti-democratic of institutions. I don't hear a claim that even knuckleheads deserve a spot on the court, but surely some brilliant possibilities attended, say, Berkeley? Or Tulane?
Full Editorial: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/14/AR2010051403641.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
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