The Court's Other Diversity Problem »
Posted By Progressive 6 months, 1 week ago in Political News
More rare than a lesbian or Latino on the bench: a justice who didn't go to Harvard or Yale. While others speculate on the race and gender of Justice Souter's replacement, Paul Campos explains that the Supreme Court's real diversity problem is career path and class. It wasn't always this way.
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hyperbola6 months, 1 week ago
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Actually, when one looks at the Harvard law faculty, they haven't much credibility left.
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How Alan Dershowitz Misstates, Misrepresents and Misapplies the Law
As an ultra-Zionist, what he insists is akin to "the law is what I tell you it is! And why can't the World understand that!" While cherry picking, mischaracterizing and misapplying International Law, Professor Dershowitz ignores what every Law School and University teaches on the subject.
Should he spend more time in the Harvard Law School library, and less in TV studios, he would surely learn that an objective application of international legal norms to the conduct of Israel is Gaza would result its leaders being indicted and brought before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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metavirus6 months, 1 week ago
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right on. i happen to be a lawyer who went to a great school that doesn't happen to be among "the elite". it was always something of a running joke among my friends that we could always aspire to certain heights, but never the supreme court (due solely to the rank of our school).
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the elite will always erect a huge barrier around themselves to protect them from the unwashed masses. -
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nostalgia6 months, 1 week ago
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Obama:
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"I will seek someone who understands that justice isn't about some abstract legal theory or footnote in a casebook; it is also about how our laws affect the daily realities of people's lives, whether they can make a living and care for their families, whether they feel safe in their homes and welcome in their own nation," Obama said. "I view that quality of empathy, of understanding and identifying with people's hopes and struggles, as an essential ingredient for arriving at just decisions and outcomes."
Empathy and outcomes??
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Poulenc6 months, 1 week ago
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Yeah, you know, there's still false conflict--witness, Obama's ascent--between egalitarian ideals and the fact that the best schools attract (and admit) the smartest people who turn out to be best at the most challenging jobs.
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What you want for supreme court justices is really smart guys 'n' gals.
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Progressive6 months, 1 week ago
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Certainly a Supreme Court judge should be able to write and read well, but I wouldn't call that the primary criteria.
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We've seen enough well-written, poorly considered decisions:
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vader826 months, 1 week ago
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It is ignorent and dangerous to appoint someone to this position on anything other than intellectual merit regarding understanding the constitution. I am certain Obama seeks someone who views the bill of rights as a living document, which it was never intended to be, perhaps that is why he is backing away from qualifications in light of "empathy", or their being female, or latino. It may seem well intentioned, but to select someone because they are from a demographic group is just as wrong as prohibiting them for the same reason.
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rimbaud6 months, 1 week ago
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"One woman, who is reportedly on the short list, is Kathleen Sullivan, former Dean of Stanford Law School, and certainly one of the most intelligent persons, and brightest constitutional law experts, on the planet. But if you think the president is going to appoint an out lesbian to the High Court, you been bonging too much Obama."
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