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[Headlines] (HL-정치/사회/경제) For Highest US Court, a Harvard or Yale Education Is a Must
최고관리자  |  17-02-06 23:37

Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s choice for the United States Supreme Court, has something in common with the court’s current members. He studied at Harvard Law School, as did four current Supreme Court justices. A fifth justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, attended Harvard, but graduated from Columbia University’s law school. The court’s three other members graduated from Yale Law School. The Gorsuch nomination now goes to the Senate Judiciary Committee. If he is confirmed, it means all nine Supreme Court justices will be former students at either Harvard or Yale. That is worth noting, given that the United States has more than 200 law schools. Nominations to the Supreme Court are among the most important made by a president. Once approved by the Senate, federal judges have lifetime positions. Someone as young as Gorsuch, who is 49, can serve for many years -- long after Trump’s presidency ends.
* Supreme Court = 대법원/ have in common (with ~) = (관심사·생각 등을 ~와) 공통적으로 지니다/ justice = 판사, 재판관(법정에서 판사 이름 앞에 붙여 쓰기도 함); 공평성/ nomination = 지명, 추천, 임명/ the Senate Judiciary Committee = (미국) 상원 법사 위원회/ confirm = (지위・합의 등을) 확정하다[공식화하다]/ given that ~ = ~을 고려하면/ lifetime position = 종신직/ presidency = 대통령 직[임기]  

Both Yale, located in New Haven, Connecticut and Harvard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are rated highly. In its 2017 list of law schools, US News and World Report magazine rated Yale No. 1, and Harvard No. 2. Still not everybody is happy with their influence over the Supreme Court. Jonathan Turley is a law professor at George Washington University in Washington D.C. He says that Gorsuch “is widely viewed as a powerful writer and intellectual leader” on his Colorado federal appeals court. But Turley said it is wrong to exclude all but graduates of two law schools. “It not only reduces the number of outstanding candidates, but guarantees a certain insularity in training and influences on the court,” Turley wrote on his website.
* rate = (특정한 수준으로) 평가하다[여기다]; 평가되다[여겨지다]/ highly = 높이 평가하여, 크게 칭찬하여/ be viewed as ~ = ~로 여겨지다/ federal appeals court = 연방 항소 법원/ exclude = 제외[배제]하다/ all but ~ = ~외에 모두; 거의/ graduate = 대학 졸업자/ candidate = (일자리의) 후보자; (선거의) 입후보자[출마자]/ guarantee = (어떤 일의 발생을) 확실하게 하다[보장하다]/ insularity = 편협, 섬나라 근성