NBC: Obama to name Kagan for high court

msnbc.msn.com ^ | May 9, 2010

[Free ThinkerNY]

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will nominate U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, NBC News

[BobL]

“I don’t think the poor folks in Waco or Ruby Ridge will be walking the earth again any time soon.”

Of course not, but they are still the exceptions - if Stalin’s crimes were limited to the same number of people, millions of lives would have been saved. In this butch’s case, if she decides any jail time over 10 years, for any crime, for example, is too long - many thousands of Americans will die - and there ain’t a damn think we can do about it, short of dissolving this country.

[BobL]

“Wonder if the GOP will have the guts to filibuster her until after November, when they could force him to back down.”

They’ll just nuke any filibuster. They’re not nearly as STUPID as those Republicans were. The real question is whether the country can have a real debate over her...then he just might have to withdraw the nomination.

[MNJohnnie]

Not a good move. If I was a Republican, I would vote to confirm. Gotta pick battles and this isn’t one of them.

33 posted on Sunday, May 09, 2010 9:51:42 PM by MinorityRepublican

Which is exactly the sort of thinking that got your part to be a minority party.

This is absolutely the battle the GOP should fight.

If we cannot count on you to fight for something as basic as qualified, competent judges, you may as well go the way of the Whigs since you all are totally useless.

[BobL]

“What’s with Obama and lesbians?..Napolitano, Sotomayor, now Kagan.. They remind me of “Pat” on the old Saturday Night Live.. We have to hang out near the restrooms and see which one they go to.. Does he have “mommy” issues? What the “F” is up with his radical left lesbians as first choice bit?”

You NEVER have to worry about Lezbos, particularly if they don’t have kids. The only reason that a Lezbo becomes a Lezbo is because they HATE MEN - either due to some real or perceived slight that they’ve gotten - or, more likely, having IDIOT PARENTS that sent them to an Ivy League type school without any coaching as to what to expect there.

In any case, putting a liberal, married women on the court is VERY RISKY, as their decedents might start questioning their decisions...like calling all gay sex (even between adults and toddlers) “natural” and thereby legalizing it...

[BobL]

“The only saving grace is that she is Jewish.”

Maybe to you, but you might want to take a look at where Jewish names show up in this country’s history before you get too comforted.

[newfreep]

Is that really Chasity/Chaz Bono?

[angcat]

She must be a dike.

[GOPsterinMA]

Impy, (s)he IS the husband.

[Gondring]

Why do they think she’s qualified to be nominated by this administration?! To my knowledge, she’s never cheated on her taxes.

[kabar]

LOL. A little sarcasm smells good in the morning.

[kabar]

See my post #150. We will have 6 Catholics and three Jews. All of them received their law degrees from either Harvard or Yale with the exception of Ginsburg who attended Harvard Law but received her degree from Columbia.

[Stayfree]

Obozo is too conflicted...he hates white people!

[Stayfree]

And commie pinko on the inside...

[NordP]

Remember all the gay accusations about him? Maybe this is payback to the gay community for their silence... (things that make you go hmmm)

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Kagan, who is unmarried, was born in New York City."

Yeah, we couldn't figure that one out. What her and her "significant other" couldn't make it to San Francisco to be wed by Gaven Newsome?

[MNJohnnie]

Seems Kagan pisses off everyone. The Progressives are all complaining she is not Leftist enough.

It is O’s Harriet Meyers moment

[NordP]

...and those “teaching them a lesson” too!

[DoughtyOne]

It sure would be nice to see the Republicans show evidence of a backbone here.

Our judges get Borked, and their judges get our begrudging (if even that) confirmation.

The Dems are a war with us, use the nuclear option, and we bring a squirt gun to the (as if it were a) garden party.

Slap this nomination down, and tell the Dems not to even dare trying another one of her ilk.

Hasn’t been a judge... hasn’t tried a case as a lawyer...

Why not hire a burger flipper, a dishwasher, or a paper boy? The woman has virtually no track record. That alone is grounds for denying her access to our most important court for life.

[TexasFreeper2009]

She looks like the poster child for an early heart attack, plus her sexually deviant lifestyle has probably riddled her with STD’s I give her 10 years at most.

[dr_who]

From Ed Meese via National Review, all you need to know about this woman:

Monday, May 10, 2010

Ed Meese on Elena Kagan   [Robert Alt]

Former Attorney General Edwin Meese issued the following statement on the potential nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court:

First and foremost, any nominee to a lifetime appointment to the United States Supreme Court must demonstrate a thorough fidelity to apply the Constitution as it was written, rather than as they would like to re-write it.  Given Solicitor General Kagan’s complete lack of judicial experience, and, for that matter, very limited litigation experience, Senators must not be rushed in their deliberative process.  Because they have no prior judicial opinions to look to, Senators must conduct a more searching inquiry to determine if Kagan will decide cases based upon what is required by the Constitution as it is actually written, or whether she will rule based upon her own policy preferences. 

Though Ms. Kagan has not written extensively on the role of a judge, the little she has written is troubling.  In a law review article, she expressed agreement with the idea that the Court primarily exists to look out for the “despised and disadvantaged.”  The problem with this view—which sounds remarkably similar to President Obama’s frequent appeals to judges ruling on grounds other than law—is that it allows judges to favor whichever particular client they view as “despised and disadvantaged.”  The judiciary is not to favor any one particular group, but to secure justice equally for all through impartial application of the Constitution and laws.  Senators should vigorously question Ms. Kagan about such statements to determine whether she is truly committed to the rule of law.  Nothing less should be expected from anyone appointed to a life-tenured position as one of the final arbiters of justice in our country.

 

 

05/10 09:32 AMShare

Not the NASCAR Justice   [Ed Whelan]

In addition to her kicking military recruiters off Harvard’s campus during wartime and being paid for a comfy position on a Goldman Sachs advisory board, this passage (from this article) nicely captures Elena Kagan’s remoteness from the lives of most Americans:

 

Kagan … is such a product of New York City that she did not learn to drive until her late 20s. According to her friend John Q. Barrett, a law professor at St. John's University, it is a skill she has not yet mastered.

 

(My fuller account from early this morning of my initial thoughts on the nomination is here.)

05/10 08:06 AMShare