Former United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is in Houston this week to speak at a sold-out public event. His pre-event interview with Houston Chronicle reporter Mike Tolson is available here. Among his many interesting remarks are his comments on diversity at the high court, including:
Diversity is always a positive value in a multi-member, decision-making body. But unfortunately it's only nine seats, and you can't represent every area of the country or every point of view you would like to. Personally, I would like to see more Midwesterners or Westerners and not as many from the Ivy League schools. But that does not mean any one of them is not fully qualified. It's a problem that there are only so many seats available, and each time (presidential administrations) have made excellent suggestions right along, but they have not tended to diversify the court.
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