While disagreeing that we need more social workers on the bench, she has a point. Like other “elite” institutions the recent appointments to the SC have been from the same shallow gene pool (the Ivies) as the mandarins of government, banking, academia etc. I’d agree with the author to that extent, but rather than going for pro bono social justice types, how about some good country lawyers or judges with level heads? How about a non-lawyer or two even. Nothing says you have to be one of the priesthood to get in there.
Yes, her point about the detachment of an overly Ivy League court is valid, but her contention that they are overly conservative because of it is ludicrous.