Here's a factoid about Richard J. Leon, the Republican operative turned Federal Judge who last week ordered the release of five Guantanamo detainees (
link). Turns out he was as Holy Cross classmate of (future) Justice Clarence Thomas (
link). Thomas, of course, went on to law school at Yale. Leon went on to
the equally highly regarded Suffolk--"founded," as its website says, "on the premise that capable men and women should have the opportunity to study law regardless of background or circumstances" (
link). Suffolk even retains an evening division, although given the dates on his resume, my guess is that Leon did not have to take that route.*
Justice Thomas is extremely touchy about the suggestion that he might have been an affirmative action baby. If he was, in fact, some kind of special admit at Yale, could this be the guy whose place he took?
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*Apparently Leon got out of college in '71 and law school in '74. That's only three years; night school (as I know from direct personal experience) almost always takes longer.
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