If you feel like there’s a whole lot of lowering of standards going on in this country, this story would appear to prove you right. To wit, the Washington State Supreme Court issued a pair of rulings Friday eliminating the requirement that aspiring lawyers pass the bar, arguing that the exam “disproportionally and unnecessarily blocks” marginalized groups.
In effect, the justices are basically arguing that these “marginalized groups” are incapable of passing the exam, which would seem pretty discriminatory. This is a prime example of what former President George W. Bush defined as “the soft bigotry of low expectations.”
What also jumped out at me right away is that the rulings did not evolve out of a case currently under their consideration—instead, the court itself appointed a task force in 2020, and this is their conclusion.
Make of that what you will.
Lowering standards…
