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Justice Appointments Too Focused On Credentials, Alito Says

By Jimmy Hoover (October 29, 2015, 10:49 PM EDT) -- With all nine sitting Supreme Court justices holding law degrees from only a few schools, Associate Justice Samuel Alito said Thursday that perhaps the high court appointment process has become too focused on credentials, noting that many great jurists to grace the bench in the past lacked such "educational pedigree."...

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