I too am a big believer that test scores don't equal intelligence--but on the other hand they do correlate. The probability that a stupider person scored higher on the test is not very high; considering that 90% of Harvard students score higher, what percentage of Harvard students are dumber? A high or a low percentage?
In fact maybe Teddy should be the nominee, he has a Harvard law degree.
Well, smarts are necessary, but not sufficient. Lots of freepers are making the same fallacy in reverse: since so many smart people would be rotten justices, what we need is a dummy. (Yes, I'm exaggerating. Slightly.)
Maybe we should add an amendment to the constitution, that only Ivy League law graduates should be allowed on the court.
I'd be all for a constitutional genius with no formal education at all. You're working "elitism" back in subtly, by pretending that an ivy league degree is synonymous with intelligence. It isn't, though again it does correlate.
It is ridiculous the number of FReepers who are arguing just that. "What we really need is to have a citizen judiciary-- just pull a name from the White Pages." A total revolt against what is thought of as Country Club Republicans by becoming Bait and Feed Store Republicans, where the TV Guide is considered literature.