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Will the Supreme Court really reflect America? - The Week
If Elena Kagan is confirmed to the Supreme Court, four of the nine justices will have grown up in New York Kagan in Manhattan; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Brooklyn; Sonia Sotomayor, the Bronx; and Antonin Scalia, Queens. The court would also be entirely Ivy Leagueeducated, and consist of three Jews and six Catholics. Can such a court represent the rest of America?
Now all we need is a Justice from Staten Island
If Elena Kagan is confirmed to the Supreme Court, four of the nine justices will have grown up in New York Kagan in Manhattan; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Brooklyn; Sonia Sotomayor, the Bronx; and Antonin Scalia, Queens. The court would also be entirely Ivy Leagueeducated, and consist of three Jews and six Catholics. Can such a court represent the rest of America?
Now all we need is a Justice from Staten Island