"The prevalence of lawyers in America’s ruling elite (spotted by a Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, in the 1830s) is stronger than ever. Mr Obama went to Harvard Law School (1988-91); his cabinet contains Hillary Clinton (Yale Law, 1969-73) as secretary of state, Eric Holder (Columbia Law, 1973-76) as attorney-general, Joe Biden (Syracuse University law school, 1965-68) as vice-president and Leon Panetta (Santa Clara University law school, 1960-63) as director of the CIA [now, SECDEF]. That’s the tip of the iceberg. Over half of America’s senators practised law.* * *In democracies, lawyers dominate."Selection bias in politics: There was a lawyer, an engineer and a politician..., The Economist, Apr. 16, 2009.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Lawyers Predominate in Government
"Lawyers made up majorities of the Continental Congress, the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the Framers of the Constitution." Anastasoff v. United States, 223 F.3d 898, 900 n. 4 (8th Cir. 2000).
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