Disciple of The Watch wrote:
joed|rt wrote:
Actually, Joe Biden already pledged on the campaign trail that he was going to violate EEOC guidelines and put a black woman on the supreme court by making race and gender a requirement for nomination to the court.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeT6aHYMHd4
Imagine how bananas a country is when the two primary job qualifications for one of the most important positions in government are publicly announced to be (1) the person's race and (2) the person's gender. Things people would normally consider to be important qualifications, like talent, awards, and experience are secondary.
What kind of country would behave like that? One trying to damage itself?
First time bar exam pass rates by race 2020:
White - 88%
Asian - 80%
Native American - 78%
Hispanic - 76%
Black - 66%
Law school enrollment demographics by race 2018:
White - 61.25%
Asian - 6.17%
Native American - 0.73%
Hispanic - 12.8%
Black - 8.11%
2 or more ethnicities - 3.49%
Median LSAT score by race (there is a linear relationship between LSAT scores and bar exam pass rates, and attrition is significantly higher among those with an LSAT score under 150 than above):
White - 153 (5% attrition rate 1L)
Latino - 146 (9% attrition rate 1L)
Black - 142 (11% attrition rate 1L)
If you combine the Bar exam pass rates, the enrollment stats and attrition stats, the demographics of actual lawyers hitting the system today would be about 72% white, 7% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 1% Native American, and 7% Black. Thus, the construction of the supreme court as it currently exists is not all that different than one should reasonably expect (eventually, the court will likely be majority female as they started outnumbering men in law schools in 2015 and statistically get better grades than men).