I hope this entire reprehensible situation will serve to “diversify” the way Supreme Court justices choose their law clerks. For far too long — and I suspect that Appeals Court judges including Kavanaugh have been complicit in this — there has been this tendency to choose the vast majority of their law clerks from the Ivy schools of law.
Well, perhaps one consequence of this farce will be that justices will open their eyes a little wider and realize that not all the high IQ law students in this country go to the Ivies. There are brilliant students at most law schools in this country. The sad thing is that no one even gives them a chance at the clerkships.
Even Kavanaugh talked about the boost to your career these clerkships are.
I just hope he uses the situation to figure out ways he can work to get rid of the toxic political environment that allowed such a travesty of justice. And I think the best and fastest way would be to cast a wider net — a much wider net — next time he goes fishing for clerks.
You make a very good point and your suggestion should be sent to someone who appears to care in the system...like Secretary DeVos or even President Trump. I wonder who is involved with hiring those, very important clerks.
However, I just do not see how, in the name of justice, we, the people, can reclaim the higher education machine.
If I had college age children, I think I would look at Regent or Liberty or any university that has a good scholastic reputation.
Something must be done.
You must be a very good Mom.