Manny Miranda has been sending this around over the last week. Says something about supposed “elitism” of Miers critics who wonder why it had to be Miers:
[Michael McConnell: Mcihaigan State, U Chicago …
Janice Rogers Brown: Cal State, UCLA …
Michael Luttig, Washington and Lee, U. Va…
Alice Batchelder: Ohio Wesleyan, Akron…
Priscilla Owen, Baylor, Baylor …
Edith Clement, Alabama, Tulane …
Emilio Garza, Notre Dame, University of Texas…
Maura Corrigan, Marygrove, University of Detroit…
Karen Williams, Columbia College, University of South Carolina…
Larry Thompson, Michigan State, U. of Michigan …
Consuelo Callahan: Stanford, McGeorge School of Law…
Diane Sykes, Northwestern, Marquette …
Of all the buzz nominees, only two have an Ivy League connection:
Edith Jones, Cornell, University of Texas …
Sam Alito – Princeton, Yale …