Sure, frame the debate in terms of elitism. Sort of "Racist Lite." So easy to spread on bread.
People who insist on merit, are labeled "elitist" by people who are short on it.
I didn't frame it that way. The elitists did. Read Ann Coulter's latest column. Her beef with Miers is that Miers didn't go to "a top law school."
People who continue to post the same phrase, over and over on every thread, because they think it's cute aren't very creative.
In fact, Harvard Law does not guarantee merit. It guarantees a pedigree, but that is all.
Every one of the current justices went to Harvard or Yale, at some point. Would you call the results they produce meritorious?