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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
I read that article, and posted as an item on my Facebook page. I don't have a problem with it either, and I don't see it changing for a while and when it does, it will still be judges from schools like Michigan, UT, and Berkeley.
Did you read the NYT article about Scalia? He basically explained why he doesn't hire clerks who didn't go to a handful of law schools.
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I saw the article about Scalia when it was linked on abovethelaw. It's not really a surprise; if you look at his clerks over the past 20 years, he does only limit to a handful of schools. Then again, that's the way most of the justices are in their picks. Only Clarence Thomas and Alito have gone outside the top 10-12, and even there it's exceptions to the rule.
Heck, even when you look at the people who were chosen from the top schools, they have ridiculous academic records (very top of class, law review experience, including being published, heavy duty moot court experience, and for some, a couple of years at top law firms). It gets limited even more when you look at the judges who are the top "feeders" to the SCOTUS justices.
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