Althouse: How Jack Scholossberg answered the question, "How did you use your legal education?"

June 6, 2026

How Jack Scholossberg answered the question, "How did you use your legal education?"

"Well, I understand that content creation is a new profession and that for a lot of people it’s not synonymous with a quote-unquote real job. But I’ve been arguing with evidence supported by facts, very clear arguments made on behalf of the issues that I think are important, and those issues are: corruption of the Trump Administration; his terrible, irresponsible foreign-policy decisions; advocating and arguing for why the Democratic Party—its history and current policies—reflect putting a priority on organized labor and working families. And on social media, it’s not like I was successful just because of my name. You have to make an argument in ninety seconds, with a lot of complicated information. And synthesizing that information, breaking it down into one, two, and three points and having a conclusion—that’s the exercise of law school."

From the interview in The New Yorker, "Jack Schlossberg Makes His Case/The Kennedy scion explains his winding path to electoral politics, his relationship to his family legacy, and why he thinks he should represent New York’s Twelfth Congressional District."

51 comments:

Achilles said...: "Winding path."

That will work well with women. Especially college educated ones.; 6/6/26, 6:42 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: TLDR. Summary: “I went to law school.”; 6/6/26, 6:54 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: You're not supposed to argue with evidence supported by facts. You're supposed to argue with facts supported by evidence. And you're supposed to learn how to do that in high school.; 6/6/26, 6:56 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Another Democrat yelling “corruption” with no evidence while their party blocks efforts to find and stop fraud in Medicare and Medicaid and also riots to prevent deportation of murderers and rapists who are here illegally.

Why can’t democrats ever help us stop fraud? Couldn’t we better serve the people who need services if we weren’t wasting most of our money?; 6/6/26, 6:59 AM
Achilles said...: The "Winding path" for a Kennedy in law school:

Got drunk, had lots of sex with harem girls who thought they had a chance to marry him, got gentleman's A's, didn't learn to use english properly.; 6/6/26, 7:01 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Anyone else getting uncle Ted vibes from his answer? Sure the question is different and the office is different but still, if you are a Kennedy (sic) running for national office you really should have a ready answer to anything that touches on their campaign’s purpose.; 6/6/26, 7:04 AM
Wince said...: But I’ve been arguing with evidence supported by facts, very clear arguments made on behalf of the issues that I think are important, and those issues are:

His own introduction makes them sound like regurgitated talking points rather than logical or passionate arguments.; 6/6/26, 7:05 AM
Jamie said...: And synthesizing that information, breaking it down into one, two, and three points and having a conclusion—that’s the exercise of law school.

IANAL. I did not attend law school. I know that the received wisdom is that "law school teaches you to think critically" and stuff like that, and I believe it's true.

But law school, ISTM, also teaches you to BS with confidence, and to support whatever conclusion you want (or are told) to reach with convincing arguments. The lawyers I've known* (and there have been a good number), like the professors I've known, have leaned heavily toward the side of "nobody can tell me anything - I know how to think!" without acknowledgement that we humans are really good at ex post facto rationalizations, and that often what we think of as "thinking" is exactly that.

Dude says, "arguing for why the Democratic Party—its history and current policies—reflect putting a priority on organized labor and working families." With whom is he arguing? Because he ought to be arguing with his party, since the present incarnation of it absolutely does not "put a priority" on the working class; the best they can claim is lip service to a working class they hope isn't paying very good attention.

* There have been exceptions, of course.; 6/6/26, 7:06 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Jamie that was worth reading twice.; 6/6/26, 7:08 AM
rhhardin said...: The method is no good if conciseness was its goal.; 6/6/26, 7:08 AM
rehajm said...: …running against Trump, aside from the fact Trump isn’t running for anything, demonstrates you’re not good at analyzing data and reaching logical conclusions…; 6/6/26, 7:08 AM
Marcus Bressler said...: He's a mess. Just like all the Kennedy politicians. Most of the family is an embarrassment; 6/6/26, 7:10 AM
Kirk Parker said...: That was an answer???; 6/6/26, 7:11 AM
Spiros Pappas said...: Too bad he can't start an Ngo or a charity.; 6/6/26, 7:29 AM
Iman said...: “Ask not what your law education will do for you, ask what one thousand lawyers at the bottom of the sea is.”; 6/6/26, 7:41 AM
narciso said...: He hasnt killed anyone ov betrayed to a foreign power plus

Does tiktok videos ridiculing his cousin and melania

Is he the worst; 6/6/26, 7:43 AM
gspencer said...: He's simply Waddler's replacement,

https://www.reuters.com/resizer/v2/3ZDMRTCHJRNHVBISX4QLJLTCU4.jpg?auth=9968f9563cb02f1f3e96ebc7d51afc8e6bee3c92f99379d76f2fca9788a4f1f2&width=1080&quality=80

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2R9A9G1/jerry-nadler-marches-in-the-nyc-usa-robin-platzer-twin-images-credit-sipa-usaalamy-live-news-2R9A9G1.jpg; 6/6/26, 7:44 AM
Bob Boyd said...: IOW, messaging.; 6/6/26, 7:45 AM
narciso said...: Has he pressed to release a capitol hill bomber 'that will come later; 6/6/26, 7:46 AM
narciso said...: Ah remnick throad warbler mangrove; 6/6/26, 7:56 AM
Dave Begley said...: He’s not a real lawyer. He’s never worked as a lawyer. Probably couldn’t draft a deed.; 6/6/26, 8:04 AM
Tina Trent said...: Look at it this way: at least Sherman Whitehouse will have a new friend in dumbest representatives ever.; 6/6/26, 8:07 AM
Tina Trent said...: I have dirt on Remnick. I'm tired of losing. I'm ready to play unfair and sit in it. No, it's not a sex scandal. They're really so dull.; 6/6/26, 8:10 AM
narciso said...: They will draw lots for that privilege; 6/6/26, 8:10 AM
Olson Johnson is right! said...: Coke....huge amounts of cocaine. Read his answer again, and think about every cokenose you have ever met.; 6/6/26, 8:11 AM
narciso said...: Recall the ringer in house of card us edition; 6/6/26, 8:12 AM
chuck said...: Not even AI.; 6/6/26, 8:12 AM
Aggie said...: I see they worked the Kennedy name association into the title, to prompt all the readers. But if he's really a Kennedy, he hasn't made his bones yet.; 6/6/26, 8:13 AM
planetgeo said...: The New Yorker missed the most significant question about any Kennedy and their success with women voters: does he have good hair?; 6/6/26, 8:15 AM
Dave Begley said...: Why can’t the Kennedy family just go away and leave us alone?; 6/6/26, 8:17 AM
narciso said...: They need to go the way of the tudors and plantagenets; 6/6/26, 8:17 AM
Humperdink said...: Considering the long deceased patriarch of the Kennedys made his fortune in the illegal bootlegging business, it’s no shock that his progeny are a collection of misfits. Fredo(s) come to mind: “I’m smart”.; 6/6/26, 8:27 AM
gspencer said...: "Fredo(s) come to mind: 'I’m smart.'"

Maybe Trump should take Jack S out to Montauk for a day of fishing.; 6/6/26, 8:32 AM
tim maguire said...: But I’ve been arguing with evidence supported by facts; 6/6/26, 8:32 AM
tim maguire said...: But I’ve been arguing with evidence supported by facts

Lawyers should make sure their talking points aren’t susceptible to interpretations against what I assume he intended.

Anyway, facts don’t support evidence, facts and evidence are the same thing.; 6/6/26, 8:36 AM
tim maguire said...: Euch… everything going wrong; 6/6/26, 8:36 AM
Sydney said...: " And on social media, it’s not like I was successful just because of my name. "
His success on social media is entirely because of his name. It's the only reason his social media posts get recirculated so widely. He certainly wouldn't be getting an interview with The New Yorker if it weren't for his name.; 6/6/26, 8:46 AM
Sydney said...: ".....advocating and arguing for why the Democratic Party—its history and current policies—reflect putting a priority on organized labor and working families."
They might put a priority on organized labor because that's where a lot of their money comes from, but they certainly don't put a priority on families. It seems to me their policies do just the opposite - they aim to destroy the nuclear family.; 6/6/26, 8:48 AM
narciso said...: https://open.substack.com/pub/donsurber/p/highlights-of-the-news-f12?; 6/6/26, 8:52 AM
NKP said...: I bet he passed The Facebook Bar on only his third try...; 6/6/26, 8:56 AM
Wilbur said...: My BFF Gemini says he's had "massive success" on social media, posting on Instagram and TikTok. Followers? He's garnered 1.6 mill.
He has some serious hair.
Will that get him elected to Congress?; 6/6/26, 9:20 AM
Howard said...: He's probably not half as awful as most of the Democrats running for office.; 6/6/26, 9:23 AM
bagoh20 said...: I hope that wasn't supposed to impress me, because I'm not that easy.; 6/6/26, 9:34 AM
Achilles said...: Howard said...
He's probably not half as awful as most of the Democrats running for office.

When you set the bar at traitor working with illegal immigrants to kill and steal from Americans it is a fairly easy standard to achieve.; 6/6/26, 9:53 AM
Dude1394 said...: Hell of a lot of accomplishments there. Right up there with Elon Musk. Amazingly vacuous.; 6/6/26, 10:06 AM
Dude1394 said...: “Mike (MJB Wolf) said...
Another Democrat yelling “corruption” with no evidence while their party blocks efforts to find and stop fraud in Medicare and Medicaid and also riots to prevent deportation of murderers and rapists who are here illegally.

Why can’t democrats ever help us stop fraud? Couldn’t we better serve the people who need services if we weren’t wasting most of our money”

If you watched the recent Rubio testimony you could tell where the pain is coming from. They have their panties in a wad because USAID corruption has been ended. I bet they have a lot of friends bitching about their 450k ngo jobs going away. They LOVE corruption.; 6/6/26, 10:11 AM
JK Brown said...: "And synthesizing that information, breaking it down into one, two, and three points and having a conclusion—that’s the exercise of law school."

So you have go go to law school to learn what they taught in high school a century ago? That is the decline of Western Civilization. The movement of teaching rhetoric to the domain of the literary theorists under the pressure that all college professors must have Peckerhead Degrees and go research.; 6/6/26, 10:26 AM
Breezy said...: He, along with his mother, demonstrated their care of working class people by awarding a Profile in Courage Award to “The People of the Twin Cities, Minnesota, recognized for peacefully defending immigrant neighbors and constitutional rights during a major federal immigration enforcement operation.”

Strange way to support the working class, I’d say. You can’t claim that support mantle while enabling criminal illegals to victimize and displace working class citizens (and all others) anywhere.; 6/6/26, 10:56 AM
Josephbleau said...: “ And on social media, it’s not like I was successful just because of my name. You have to make an argument in ninety seconds, with a lot of complicated information. And synthesizing that information, breaking it down into one, two, and three points and having a conclusion—that’s the exercise of law school.”

The words of a true dumbshit.; 6/6/26, 11:45 AM
hombre said...: Another Democrat “dirtbag” projecting for effect: E.g., “corruption of the Trump Administration.” This one is !a descendant of the Kennedy’s bootleggers.; 6/6/26, 11:46 AM
hombre said...: Jamie (7:06): Bravo!; 6/6/26, 11:49 AM