Thursday, May 13, 2010
Supreme Court Not Representing US of A
In class the other day, we talked about how Elena Kagan was in the running to be elected to the Supreme Court. And if this were to come to pass, every SC Justice would have gone to either Harvard or Yale. This is completely mind boggling to me. How can the people who will decide the future of our most important laws have only gone to just 2 upper crusty schools. I've nothing against Harvard or Yale, but to have all of our justices having attended one or the other just makes no sense. There is no way they can accurately understand the whole American people, when making laws and deciding on cases. You're telling me there was no one who went to state school, or even a private institution like Stanford or something who was deemed qualified to be a Supreme Court justice. In fact, there was a Coldbert report episode on this very subject. And while they dedicated most of their time to making fun of Elena Kagan, Steven said one thing that was quite interesting to me. This was the fact that Ms. Kagan would be the youngest member of the Supreme Court at 50 years of age! This is ridiculous! How could the youngest person be only 50? This goes back to my point of America being underrepresented by the Supreme Court. It sounds like hippy drivel, but how can they understand the youth and the changing technologic world... there needs to be some younger individuals on the SC. I don't mean college kids or teenagers, but someone in their 30's or 40's would be quite alright for this position... right? Do you have any ideas or views on this developing subject? Hit me
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