Posted on 5/10/2010, 3:33:00 AM by TigerBait
President Obama has picked Solicitor General Elena Kagan as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, NBC News reported Sunday, choosing a relative moderate who may still face questions from Republican Senators on gays in the military.
White House officials did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation of the NBC report, which gave no source for the information.
[Updated 8:10 p.m.: The Associated Press has also reported Kagan's nomination, citing a source who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been made public. Obama will announce his choice at 10 a.m. Monday in the East Room of the White House, says the AP.]
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I will look in my imaginary crystal ball and predict:
The spineless Repubs in the Senate won’t even raise an eyebrow, much less a single word of objection to this vastly UN-qualified, massively socialist, radical lesbian activist.
Exactly. Just like the did when they gave near unanimous approval for Ruth “Buzzy” Ginsberg.
Yahoo had a picture of her with this story. I thought it was Brendan Frazier, you know, the guy from the Mummy movies, in drag. NOT a flattering look!
Right.
A moderate to them means that she is a marxist who doesn’t carry an AK47.
So now we will have two fat ugly female supreme court justices. What kind of example will they set for our young women?
radical leftwing pinkmafia retard.
Pub Senator: "Uh, Ms. Kagan, what limits do you see to the reach of federal authority?
Kagan: "Limits? I'm afraid I've never heard that word before, what does it mean?"
Rat Senator: "It means you are being abused and battered by this white male and I, for one, will not allow this committee to be used as a political football to advance racist, partisan agendas for radical right-wing extremists hell bent on destroying the rights of every LGBT and person-of-color person, as well as taking food out of the mouths of women and children."
Pub Senator: "My apologies to all the many righteously angry oppressed people I have offended. I hereby resign in shame.
Chairman: "Next question."
I thought it was a relative of Janet Napolitano.
NO PROTESTANT ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.
Need Affirmative-Action for white protestants to even the playing field.
If you don’t have power you can’t be considered a racist. So WASPs can start playing the race card now???
She opposed military recruiting at Harvard. Opposes “don’t ask don’t tell”, apparently in favor of letting it all hang out.
Oh man...I bet she has a chip or two on her shoulder.
Kagan’s Notable Statements and Writings at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/10/us/politics/20100505-kagan-opinions.html
Constitution Theory -— In her testimony during her confirmation for solicitor general, Elena Kagan wrote: “I think a judge should try to the greatest extent possible to separate constitutional interpretation from his or her own values and beliefs. In order to accomplish this result, the judge should look to constitutional text, history, structure and precedent. Relating these views to the position for which I am nominated, I think these kinds of arguments also are most successful in advocacy before the courts in constitutional cases. ... The Constitution generally imposes limitations on government rather than establishes affirmative rights and thus has what might be thought of as a libertarian slant. I fully accept this traditional understanding, and if I am confirmed as solicitor general, I would expect to make arguments consistent with it.”
Judicial Activism -— In Ms. Kagan’s written responses to Senate questions during her confirmation for solicitor general, she disagreed with the view that the courts should take the lead in creating a more just society.
Defining Combatants -— During her confirmation hearing for solicitor general, Ms. Kagan agreed with a questioner that someone suspected of helping to finance Al Qaeda should be subject to battlefield law — indefinite detention without a trial — even if he were captured in a place like the Philippines rather than in a physical battle zone.
See site for more.
Barack Obama to African Americans: Drop dead!
They wants someone on their side of the court who can stand up to Roberts, to bring Kennedy to their side. Kagan is smart, but she is an academic rather than a jurist. Roberts has been playing this game a lot longer. Obama, though, will get a third choice. Ginsberg cannot last much longer. Probably another woman , but maybe a pol.
I did not know this, and I will keep this in mind as the 'high' court rules on our Constitution, given who our Founders were generically speaking in 'religious' denominational terms.
“What a babe!”
... said Big Sis
Sodom on the Potomac.
Yeah, that's why the Clintons and Obama hired her, for her "libertarian slant."
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