On Sun, 18 May 2008 11:38:56 -0500, F. George McDuffee
wrote:



As indicated on the "demographics" page [about 7/8th from the
top] 7 of the current 9 Justices are graduates of either Harvard
or Yale, one from Columbia and one from Northwestern, all highly
[some would say overly] elite schools.

...........

Where are the graduates from our state law schools and land grant
universities? Why are there no graduates from UC, KU, FSU, Texas
Tech, etc.

I don't find it surprising that anyone with the considerable
intelligence, ambition, and work ethic necessary to be a justice would
choose to attend top schools. It would be interesting to see how many
of the justices' siblings, parents and grandparents attended the same
schools. The argument that they have an elitist viewpoint that skews
their decisions would be more compelling if the justices owe their
educational opportunities to family ties rather than individual merit.

--
Ned Simmons