Just saw it come across the wire that Obama has picked Elena Kagan as Supreme Court nominee. The Progressives aren't too happy about this move. But we'll see what happens.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100510/..._court_kagan_1

http://www.pdamerica.org/articles/ne...35-09-news.php

to hear from Obama what distinguishes her sufficiently to overwhelm that qualification. Other than political compensation for retention of a distinct voter block....political duty first remember.

We will soon hear what his speech writers have prepared for the teleprompter report this morning.

btk

Yes, that is what I heard this morning. This out of touch regime thinks that mainstream Harvard is a qualification to pass or interpret laws based on our Constitution?

This is the same Harvard that will not let the military to recruit on their sacred campus? Give me a break.

Seems like a cookie-cutter, run- of- the mill progressive liberal to me.

Unfortunately, when she is approved, we will be saddled with her for 30 years!! This nation is in REAL trouble!

She's been the one representing the government in Supreme Court cases so I'd say she's got some experience for someone who's never been a judge. It'll be interesting to see how the hearings go given that she doesn't have the 'long judicial record' that previous nominees have had. The Senators are going to have to go about their research a little differently.

Originally Posted by djplong

She's been the one representing the government in Supreme Court cases so I'd say she's got some experience for someone who's never been a judge. It'll be interesting to see how the hearings go given that she doesn't have the 'long judicial record' that previous nominees have had. The Senators are going to have to go about their research a little differently.

Without the various connections to the African American community though that you find with Barack Obama.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Kagan

She did clerk for US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall too.

Glad to see so many of you with an open mind on the appointment. What's it been 6 hours or so. It's amazing to me how your mind is made up so quickly.

It is amazing, when you really look at her resume', how much she parallels Obama. It's like he appointed himself. The only difference is she does have some court experience.

Upon her nomination by Obama, Kagan said, "My professional life has been marked by great good fortune. I clerked for a judge, Abner Mikva, who represents the best in public service, and for a justice, Thurgood Marshall, who did more to promote justice over the course of his legal career than did any lawyer in his lifetime."

Speaking on the US Constitution, US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall said, "...the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war, and major social transformations to attain the system of constitutional government and its respect for the freedoms and individual rights, we hold as fundamental today...

"Some may more quietly commemorate the suffering, struggle, and sacrifice that has triumphed over much of what was wrong with the original document, and observe the anniversary with hopes not realized and promises not fulfilled. I plan to celebrate the bicentennial of the Constitution as a living document, including the Bill of Rights and the other amendments protecting individual freedoms and human rights."

She sounds like a left wing extremist to me. I think she should be Borked!!!

And Donna any proof this time or just empty words again.

Well, Thurgood Marshall was obvious. But look deeper. The other judge Kagan clerked for, Abner J. Mikva. Mikva is a supporter and member of the advisory board of the very Progressive American Constitution Society.

From the American Constitution Society website: "ACS is engaged in a multi-year initiative, the Constitution in the 21st Century, to promote positive, much-needed change in our legal and policy landscape. The project brings together scholars and practitioners to formulate and advance a progressive vision of our Constitution and laws that is intellectually sound, practically relevant and faithful to our constitutional values and heritage. The centerpiece of the project is a series of issue groups focused on discrete areas of law and policy, through which a wide range of members will develop, communicate and popularize progressive ideas through papers, conferences and media outreach."

http://www.acslaw.org/c21

Originally Posted by waynet

And Donna any proof this time or just empty words again.

Just remember folks, there have been many Justices who have not been judges- most recently Sandra Day O'Connor.

So was William Taft- the man most responsible for giving this country away to corporations.

I thought Sandra Day O'Conner was a judge in Arizona. And besides being President, wasn't Taft an Appeals Court Judge?

Originally Posted by waynet

And Donna any proof this time or just empty words again.

Couldn't find anything to cut and paste today?

"We don’t know anything about her. This woman is worse than Harriet Myers. Intellectually, she’s a lightweight.”

I agree with Rush on this one. The media saying she could sway the court to the right is BS. If they thought she had any conservative values they would not nominate her.
They know exactly what she is. An elite out of touch socialist.

As a dean at Harvard, she was responsible for kicking the military off campus.