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Historically, there were a large number of Supreme Court Justices who came from obscure universities, or who "read law" and had no Law degree at all. Since 1969, they have all attended Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Northwestern. What prompted this change?

by /u/BroseppeVerdi in /r/AskHistorians

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