I generally adore Ann, and I think she went to Colgate if memory serves correctly....
Not to be rude, but can anyone tell me what rank she happens to be?
What is the relevance of that comment? Ann is not a Supreme Court nominee.
Ann attended Cornell for her undergrad degree, and the University of Michigan for her law degree.
Ruth Ginsburg and Sandy Burglar both attended Cornell, so when Ann talks about knowing how libs think and act, she knows what she's talking about.
A casual glance at admissions criteria - an objective measure of an institution's academic expectations - does not, on balance, weigh in SMU's favor, tho individual variance is great, as is post college accomplishment.
Miers' academic pedigree is not the greatest issue here, by far. But one cannot argue that it weighs in her favor.
I think she went to the University of Michigan law school, which is top ten at least and has been top five in the not to distant past.