Diversity and the Supreme Court

You may have missed this post by Russell Robinson if you've stopped checking the "Think Progress" blog written by former clerks to the Supreme Court.  Although it is reasonable not to check regularly because posting has been sparse these days, do read Russell's meditation on the new kind of diversity Bush may promote if he nominates any of the women currently on the short list.  If any of the women were confirmed, non-top ten law schools will be represented on the Court.

He suggests that this might put liberals in an awkward position: 

Although doing so may conflict with their ideological commitments, liberals might point to the nominees' lack of Ivy League credentials in order to question their competence. They may thus inadvertently reinscribe the general suspicion that women and people of color aren’t good enough.

Let's hope the liberals aren't this elitist and stupid.