Congressional degrees

Discussion in 'Political Discussions' started by Kizmet, May 5, 2017.

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  1. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

  2. me again

    me again Well-Known Member

    After you click on the link, make sure you click on all three categories:
    1. Institution type (Ive league, private, public)
    2. Degree level (graduate, bachelors, no degree)
    3. Degree type (doctorate, masters, bachelors, associates, no degree)

    Number three is fascinating. There are so many doctoral holders in elected government. It's remarkable!
     
  3. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    They're including law degrees.

    I think "running for public office" is in the ABA core curriculum of law schools these days.
     
  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Indeed. And I wonder how many on the "Bachelor's only" list are older folks who hold LLB degrees.
     
  5. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Are there still any old LLBs still around?
     
  6. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    They'd be pretty old by now, but Congress is skewed older, so maybe.
     
  7. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member

    This has meaning if you accept that being highly schooled is being highly educated.

    Proposing legislation makes you an effective legislator? Why is this assumed?
     
  8. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    For that matter, you'd have to accept that being highly educated is being highly intelligent.
     
  9. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member


    And for that we'd have to know what is intelligence. I doubt that we begin to know.
     
  10. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    As I've said before, some guys I worked with never graduated high school, and they were among the best cops I ever met. Conversely, I've had a Harvard Ph.D. professor who I wouldn't trust with sharp scissors.
     
  11. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    “I would rather be governed by the first two thousand people in the Boston telephone directory than by the two thousand people on the faculty of Harvard University.” ― William F. Buckley Jr.
     
  12. heirophant

    heirophant Well-Known Member

    Wikipedia thinks that current Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Steven Breyer earned LLBs.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws

    When American law schools phased out the LLB, many of them gave their alumni the opportunity to trade in their LLB diplomas in exchange for JD diplomas. I don't know if any of these three Supreme Court justices took advantage of that. (I believe that some of the crustier legal old-timers of the time proudly and pointedly kept their LLBs.)
     
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  13. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    Makes me wonder how many are honorary doctorates.
     
  14. TomE

    TomE New Member

    Hmmm...maybe the next wave of populism will result in a reversal on the emphasis on degrees for elected officials. It would be interesting to see what would happen with some high school and tech school grads in congress.
     

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