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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:57 PM Original message |
Along with Kagan, the Supremes attended no PUBLIC universities. None. Undergrad or Law school. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, Goodwin Liu at least comes from Stanford (private, but West Coast) and teaches at UC Berkeley |
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Florida Blue (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Is he now on the Court of Appeals ? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. His nomination is "advancing" as of 6 days ago, so he's definitely still viable |
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Florida Blue (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
141. Wackadoos will find a way |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #141 |
157. Ha! You're right about that. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Anyone go to public school at all? nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Not at university level. nt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. So? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Our country thinks of itself as a land of equal opportunity when we have the same OxBridge hierarchy |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. My experience |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
71. I live in New England and have several Ivy and Seven Sisters grads in my family BUT |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Think it's also a mistake to have this many lawyers . . .those who wrote the Constitution . . . |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. I attended a very swanky grad school for my phd and have lots of friends who |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:20 AM Response to Reply #81 |
135. Not "representative" enough? Wow, here in New Haven we have a very diverse |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:46 AM Response to Reply #135 |
139. I'm trying to see it as folks not from New England would. If you're from the Midwest... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Yes, I get that point....and it was my point, too! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #140 |
148. Keep the faith Nutmeg neighbor....nt |
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Florida Blue (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #135 |
168. You should visit Springfield, Mo |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
93. One of them might have gone to Harvard |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Diversity includes class |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Thanks for sharing that last paragraph. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The press has the same bent. Even Norah O'Donnell went to Georgetown. nt |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I'm surprised that you even asked. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. So? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. None of our burrito supreme justices didn't go to no colleges. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. Those are good schools. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. UVA, UMich, UTexas and UC Berkeley also are VERY good schools. nt |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Sure, but the schools of our judges are usually ranked higher than those you mention |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. "Be a good little boy and maybe you will get a cookie" |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Its a statistical thing. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. ONLY top ranked schools? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. I didn't say no great legal minds came from elsewhere or that only great legal mind from the top ... |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. How do you define "top legal mind"? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Law is not my area of expertise, but generally these things are determined by.... |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. But in a field like this |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. What do you think is valuable to citizens of the republic? |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #67 |
162. those professional credentials are not without their value, but |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:57 PM Original message |
People who were smart enough to get into Yale and Harvard |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
44. Based on what? Insular groups don't tend to include others which |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Based on probability. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. The probability that a small insular group who only travels in circles with |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Actually the law of small numbers says maybe not. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #55 |
146. There is no objective indicia of the performance of a Justice, so this sort of analysis cannot work. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #146 |
147. We're not talking about the performance of a SCOTUS justice. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #147 |
151. Of course we are (look at the topic title, if you get confused.) |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #151 |
155. We are talking about where they came from, not their performance as a justice. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
83. BINGO. nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
90. These are the most intelligent people though |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #90 |
102. They just ruled corporations are people. Over 70% of the US population disagrees with that. nt |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #90 |
128. The most intelligent people? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #128 |
130. I have no idea what ignored said. But if the implication is that |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 01:44 AM Response to Reply #130 |
166. The poster in question seems to have a rather naive view of the current court |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
145. Law is not a science. The graduates of the "top schools" cannot produce arguments that |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #145 |
149. It is laughable to say that Thomas is "the best" but then again no one said that. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Sorry. I thought you knew something about this topic. nt |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #150 |
156. I do. You just don't like what I'm saying. |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. Related question: Can anyone describe what exactly being a "good" constitutional lawyer consists in? |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
43. Unfortunately, there's only one accepted path, it seems |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #43 |
129. Another person who taught law at the University of Arkansas |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #129 |
160. And he made his mark through ELECTED office |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 02:39 AM Response to Reply #160 |
167. Clinton also had a Yale connection |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
77. Were those who wrote the Constitution .... "good constitutional lawyers" . . .??? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
84. Someone who has read many cases on it and writes well |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. So? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Glad you added this, |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Clearly you're part of the vile aristocracy! |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. And you can tell from my enourmous liberal palace... a small apartment. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. You have it ass-backwards |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. No one is being barred from anything. Nothing is amiss. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Spoken like someone with an elite degree |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #68 |
122. So, am I moranic or an elitist? |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #122 |
126. Not mutually exclusive. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. No, not muturally exclusive. But I'd like to think of Bush as an anomaly rather than the rule. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #122 |
142. you elitist you! silver spoon!1!!! lattes!11! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. And I went to private 1 thru 12 plus 2 years private higher ed |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:00 PM Original message |
And I would not say you were more capable for attending public universities. That's not the point. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
99. That's not what you said in your OP |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Yes it is. The court needs more academic diversity. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #100 |
115. "the Supremes attended no PUBLIC universities." |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. Right. They've all taken the exact same path: private, elite colleges for both undergrad and law. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm more worried about the bubble kind of attitude that you can get... |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. It's a huge risk |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. That's totally what I'm advocating. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Actually, that IS what I'm advocating |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Sorry. I don't know why, but I just got a snarky vibe from your post. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:27 AM Response to Reply #54 |
137. Diversity strengthens society, just as it does in nature. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
82. And once you stack this many lawyers up, you also select from a pre-selected crowd . . . |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
85. But reading legal cases would make them familiar with everything |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #85 |
94. I think that legal theory is being well covered. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #85 |
152. Have you read many such cases? Not much "slice of life" Americana found therein... |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #85 |
158. Reading cases is a very poor way to familiarize one's self with the world. |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. stupid quote from that article: |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. So you're saying Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor is a token prole? |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Token prole |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. So? |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I thought we got rid of nobility |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I think you'll find that the so-called elite schools are not so, any longer, |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. they are, largely. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Bingo n/t |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Wrong |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. I wasn't talking about practicing law in x,y or z. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
109. Same here in DC. A friend of mine who was accepted at Harvard Law decided to go to |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
106. Not as much as you think. Getting into one of these schools means attending the right |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
86. Agree with you . . . |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
87. No way is it nobility! |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #87 |
105. Born on 3rd and think you hit a triple |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:06 AM Response to Reply #87 |
132. People that go to high achieving high schools are the folks that get into the Ivy League. Usually |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. Does any one of the nine have *any* public school background? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Mr. Justice Breyer, for one: |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. An equally relevant question is whether or not they went to one of those elite boarding schools |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. Well you'd see a public school Supreme court Justice way before you'd see an Atheist President. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
89. Also brings to mind religious fanatics on SC -- another category we don't need -- !! |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
159. There have been public school justices in the past |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
35. I didn't go to any public university either |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Well, nobody is fucking you over, either |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. how do you know that |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
124. That's horrible! |
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ithinkmyliverhurts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. Which really ought to put into question the notion of "liberal indoctrination." |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
47. Have to make sure the right people are in charge, wouldn't want a crazy |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
92. They represent "the establishment" --- |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
59. Don't waste time worrying. Those who are motivated enough to go to the Supreme Court will get there |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. do you think an obsession with the pursuit of power |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Actually yes... If a person isn't obsessed, they most likely wouldn't |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #65 |
88. Not at all... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. But then who should be on the court? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Why . . . ???? It's not necessary to be a lawyer to be on Supreme Court -- !! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #96 |
104. Considering their job is to interpret the law as to its constitutionality |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. Those who wrote the Constitution weren't lawyers . . . why would you need to be one ... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. Well every President and Congress disagrees with you |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. But you do recognize there is no stipulation that you must be a lawyer ... right? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. Um, yes, I believe that was covered in my first reply. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. Therefore, we might try for more diversity . . . if you can write a Constitution WITHOUT |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #95 |
123. Lots of people live and breathe the law... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:07 AM Response to Reply #123 |
133. It's almost as if it's determined by the age of 27 whether or not you'll get on the court. nt |
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charlesg (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
60. It is the birthright of Ivy Leaguers to rule us all |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. Can we make them Lords and Ladies of the Realm upon graduation? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #69 |
125. If they all went to public universities.... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #60 |
91. They don't rule us. The judiciary is one third of federal powers. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:10 AM Response to Reply #91 |
134. Folks weren't saying that in 2000. nt |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
63. Elitism, pure and simple |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. "SHUT UP! TEABAGGER! ANTI-INTELLECTUAL!" |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:38 AM Response to Reply #63 |
131. That's not a fair assessment of the folks that go to these schools. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
72. We need humanists on the court . . . |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
73. I go to a private university. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. So? There's certainly nothing wrong with that. But the court needs some diversity. nt |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
75. What the hell is wrong with Ivy League schools? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Apparently so. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Sounds a bit like that nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. No one said there is anything wrong with Ivy League schools, or folks who attend them. I have |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #75 |
97. If they were free -- open simply to the best students in the nation -- nothing!! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. I wonder if these folks would be okay if all our presidents went to the Naval Academy or West Point. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. Well, again, that's a select group . . . formerly didn't even include females! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:54 PM Original message |
You and I might feel that way, but a lot of folks would be comfortable with it. Diversity is good. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
116. Sadly true -- probably a lot of right wingers were happy with the insane Rumsfeld--!! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #116 |
121. Rumsfeld went to Princeton! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #121 |
143. Evidently, he also went thru some crazy Christian Fundi brainwashing . . .? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #75 |
111. The absence of academic diversity is the problem. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #75 |
153. They turn out students with reading comprehension problems? Nobody said anything like that. nt |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
101. Ivy league schools, MIT, and prob Stanford |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #101 |
107. Interesting . . . didn't know that . . . of course, Stanford, California which all used to be free? |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #107 |
120. Stanford's never been free |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #120 |
144. My apologies for that error -- I thought at one time ALL California education was free . . |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #101 |
108. Getting in - the right high school - the SAT prep courses, the AP classes, the summer language |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #108 |
113. SAT's weed out . . . humanists, IMO . . . and increasingly costs of education |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #101 |
154. Do they still have LEGACY admissions? It would seem then that that's a lot of subsidized rich kids! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #154 |
161. I read in the WSJ, I believe that children of alumni have lower SAT scores than others, which |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #101 |
164. Those provisions for poor students |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
136. Again, so what? Deserving young geniuses can get grants to attend the Ivy League -- |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #136 |
165. do you think the supreme court has any geniuses on it? |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
138. Some of the brightest legal minds I've ever met were |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #138 |
163. round of applause |
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