Comments on: Context is everything: The Supreme Court, the Columbia Journalism Review, and The New York Times http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/31/context-is-everything-the-supreme-court-the-columbia-journalism-review-and-the-new-york-times/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Fri, 16 May 2008 20:40:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: ak203 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/31/context-is-everything-the-supreme-court-the-columbia-journalism-review-and-the-new-york-times/#comment-826 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:14:30 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/31/context-is-everything-the-supreme-court-the-columbia-journalism-review-and-the-new-york-times/#comment-826 There is no right to a job as a Supreme Court clerk. It's freakishly hard to even be in a position to apply. So the disparate hiring by gender or any other factor pales in comparison to the mimuscule odds of even being considered. Apart from the statistical issues which you covered nicely, frankly...why should anyone care about how many woman are clerks? Or Jews? or blacks? itis even more extreme than anguishing over women at the Augusta National Golf Course. .00000001% of men are members, so what's the difference? Any woman "qualified" to be a Supreme Court clerk is going to have phenomenal job opportunities anyway. So if she can't be a clerk for whatever reason...do we cry over this? 25% of graduates of the prestige law schools are Jews. How many Jews are clerks? And 15-18% are Asians. How many are they? And Catholics? Does this racial and gender profiling ever end? There is no right to a job as a Supreme Court clerk. It’s freakishly hard to even be in a position to apply. So the disparate hiring by gender or any other factor pales in comparison to the mimuscule odds of even being considered.

Apart from the statistical issues which you covered nicely, frankly…why should anyone care about how many woman are clerks? Or Jews? or blacks? itis even more extreme than anguishing over women at the Augusta National Golf Course. .00000001% of men are members, so what’s the difference?

Any woman “qualified” to be a Supreme Court clerk is going to have phenomenal job opportunities anyway. So if she can’t be a clerk for whatever reason…do we cry over this?

25% of graduates of the prestige law schools are Jews. How many Jews are clerks? And 15-18% are Asians. How many are they? And Catholics? Does this racial and gender profiling ever end?

]]> by: stina34 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/31/context-is-everything-the-supreme-court-the-columbia-journalism-review-and-the-new-york-times/#comment-804 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:13:40 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/31/context-is-everything-the-supreme-court-the-columbia-journalism-review-and-the-new-york-times/#comment-804 In general I agree about the one year trends and statistics. But the article and associated graphic also describes more significant trends: ie that in the last 7 terms, Scalia has chosen only two women among his his twenty eight slots. Kennedy has chosen only three. It's not just a one year trend, and it is a signifcant difference from the other judges. In general I agree about the one year trends and statistics. But the article and associated graphic also describes more significant trends: ie that in the last 7 terms, Scalia has chosen only two women among his his twenty eight slots. Kennedy has chosen only three. It’s not just a one year trend, and it is a signifcant difference from the other judges.

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