A forthcoming article in the Georgetown Law Journal Law reports that an overwhelming percentage of law professors at top schools donate to Democrats. The study of professors at US News and World Report's 21 top-ranked law schools found 81 percent of law school donors giving to the Democrats, with just 15 percent giving to the Republicans. At the elite of the elite, Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, the imbalance was even greater. "Academics tend to be more to the left side of the continuum," Northwestern Law Dean David E. Van Zandt explained to the New York Times in reaction to the study. "It's a little worse in law school. In other disciplines, there are more objective standards for quality of work. Law schools are sort of organized in a club structure, where current members of the club pick future members of the club." Earlier this year, I conducted a study for the Leadership Institute called Deep Blue Campuses, which found employee donations to the 2004 presidential candidates favoring John Kerry over George W. Bush by $302 to $1 at Princeton, $32 to $1 at Penn, and $15 to $1 at Georgetown. How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for "diversity" from the drivers of conformity?
Your closing sentence calls to mind the ridiculous statements that I often hear from rich liberals about diversity. I mean, they complain that minorities in the country are not getting a fair shake, and exhort the public to be "understanding" of the plight of the less fortunate. I just have to wonder how understanding my rich friends really can be, though. They live in huge homes surrounded by white people (or rich minorities at worst)... what the hell do they know about diversity?
Yo, come on down ta PG County, biotch, I'll show ya some di-vers-i-taye....
Why do we have to listen to these hypocrites? Don't their students ever see this for what it is?
Their students are surely smart enough to understand the realities of this. But, they are there to try to get into the club and will convince themselves (or act) otherwise to get by.
And the Grey Lady (NY Times) gave this one column inches, too.
"Law Donkeys"?...more like Law Jack-Asses.
I think we should ask the elite of the elite the reasons why they donate to liberal candidates. Is it like, they expect a huge tax break? Part of which covers the donation?
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