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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Mediocrites* says

"Mediocrity deserves some representation on the Supreme Court, too. Doesn't it?"
A paraphrase of comments by Roman Hruska(R) NE in defense of Nixon Supreme court nominee G. Harold Carswell. Carswell had been criticised as being mediocre.

Hruska's actual words were "Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters and Cardozos."

*Mediocrites was a mythical Greek philosopher who never really got going. I first heard of him from some graduate students in Lubbock, TX in 1964.
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  1. RobJune 9, 2010 at 11:49 AM

    I thought Mediocrates spelled his name with an "a"?

    I wonder if Mediocrates is the same guy who's been complaining about the lack of educational diversity on the current Supreme Court, assuming Kagan is confirmed... all would have law degrees from Harvard (Breyer, Ginsburg, Kagan, Kennedy, Roberts, Scalia) or Yale (Alito, Sotomayor, Thomas).

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