Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Supreme Bears?

There's an interesting post at SCOTUSblog about potential nominees by a Republican president for the Supreme Court. I don't know much about politics and who's who among potential Supreme Court nominees, but I have this to say about that: out of 14 listed possibles, only 1 came from the greatest law school in America. Interesting numbers below.

Law schools represented:
  • Baylor (1)
  • U of Chicago (1)
  • Hahvahd (6)
  • South Texas College of Law** (1)
  • St. Mary's** (1)
  • Tulane (1)
  • U of the Pacific (McGeorge School of Law)* (1)
  • UVa (1)
  • Yalie (1)

And the following undergrads represented:

  • Baylor (1)
  • Columbia (1)
  • Florida State U (1)
  • Georgetown (1)
  • Michigan State (1)
  • Northeast Louisiana State (1)
  • Princeton (2)
  • (Southwest) Texas State** (1)
  • Stanford (1)
  • U of Texas (1)
  • Trinity in San Antonio (1)
  • Washington & Lee (1)
  • Yale (1)

Hmm. Out of 14 short-listed people, 6 are Hahvahd lawyers. Deep sociological question: are they nominated because they went to Hahvahd or did they go to Hahvahd because the kind of people who get nominated to the Supreme Court go to Hahvahd?

*Interestingly, this guy went to Stanford. Weird, huh?

**I know, I know. How did they get on the "short list"?

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