Posted on 05/10/2010 6:43:56 AM PDT by kristinn
Live from the East Room at the White House! Barack Obama announces his nomination of Solictor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court.
10 a.m. EDT.
Exactly right. It wasn’t dead when she wrote that either. Socialism has been ensconced in the United States for decades.
My toilets flush in salute to long and brown. Sometimes twice for royal emphasis!
here is the problem,
As long as Kagan doesn’t mind our male soldiers showering with her, or other lesbian, female partners, going to the bathroom together, and sitting around in the ward room in their underwear,...then it is all cool, and I’m for it.
Until she understands the societal nature of such an arrangement, and truly has no trepidations, she should keep her un-lipsticked mouth shut.
And another opportunity to legislate from the bench.
Openly gay, anti-military, what’s not to love? {/sarc}
So did WE.
Bork her.
These utopian liberal, wack-jobs have no idea what they are talking about as long as it doesn’t directly and personally affect them.
Then they can go to their little cocktail parties, drink their martinis, and pat themselves on their back after implementing little-understood measures.
But,...as we are learning, elections have consequences and the conservatives have brought this on themselves.
How is it that Fox News is the most watched program over all the network programs and America still elected a raging liberal president? Its because so many were duped in thinking a new dawn was coming, and are now realizing the con.
These SOBs understand full well the implications of what they do. It is their intention to undercut and demoralize our military.
“Bork her.”
Bork her HARD.
There seems to be a discrepancy, according to the Drudge Report headline photo, it appears as if actor John Goodman is the new appointee to the Supreme Court.
I always liked him as an actor, he’ll probably do a good job.
Or a good boinking? (Gag!)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37062150/ns/politics-supreme_court/
I love this little reported gem from Jesse L. Holland of AP:
“It is unlikely that Republicans will try to block her, said Manuel Miranda, chairman of the conservative Third Branch Conference. ...She shouldn’t be filibustered, she won’t be filibustered,” said Miranda, a former Senate staffer who worked on judicial nominations. “Probably no nominee would have been filibustered. The notion of a filibuster is a distraction. The real issue becomes how heavily she’ll be scrutinized and how great an investment in time will Republicans invest. The next level of investment is not a filibuster, but how much effort Republicans will devote to this nomination.”
Seven Republicans have already voted once for Kagan, when her nomination came before the Senate last year to become the solicitor general. That means it’s unlikely they will be able to unify to block her from the Supreme Court.”
hahaha, i’m so glad how instances like this reveal how some
conservatives just roll over. This Miranda guy needs to be fired and forced to sell Gecko food, and those republicans that voted for her before, and still feel compelled to vote for her again just because they voted for her as solicitor general, need to resign and forced to eat pork rinds for the rest of their life.
This country and the so-called conservative movement is pathetic. One day, a new leader was arise and it sure as heck won’t be that retread Romney, so everyone just get off that band-wagon.
Kaganoo court
ALL that anyone needs to know about Kagan is that....
she barred US military recruiters from the Harvard Law campus while Americans were dying at war!!!
That point needs to be hammered home relentlessly to every living American.
I believe that this is one case where detail and nuance unnecessarily complicate things with much of the public and the political/media class — pound home the point that Kagan banned military recruiters, period.
THAT is the “Achilles heel” of this nominee and of this administration.
Many people who won’t delve into the details WILL care about that and WILL be offended and appalled. People simply need to know that Obozo & co. are hard-core politically correct leftists who put their pet causes completely above US security and the men and women of the US military services.
Whether or not this specific nomination can be stopped in the Senate (unlikely) there needs to be a huge publicity campaign focused upon this single point.
We may lose this battle (over Kagan’s nomination) due to RINO Senators but *use* it to educate America about what the Obamanation really stands for.
I’d love to see Kagan’s nomination stopped, of course, but I think we need to look at it in a “tactical” way, to educate Americans and build opposition to Obozo and his clique of anti-American leftists.
Looks Obama establised the “Bull Dike” slot on the supreme court with this pick.
The next white guy that resigns on the court he’ll establish Muslim slot.
I bet she and Janet Napolitano will hit it off real well.
That’s just great. Another pinko.
Former Attorney General Ed Meese released the following statement:
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.
Good Lord.
Another Pinko Pig.
Where you been?
Why do they all look like Hillary? Was that a uniform they were required to wear in those days? Long, stringy hair, those type of glasses, and plaid shirts?
Was that some kind of secret code?
Is she a sexual deviate? I am hearing that she has sex with women only.Where are the Protestants on the court? This is a harbinger on the end times.
The Daily Beast’s Peter Beinart of all people has found a left-wing decision in her past that “conservatives will be right” to blast her over, and “liberals should concede the point”: her decision as Dean of Harvard Law School to oppose military recruiters on campus over the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy:
“I abhor the military’s discriminatory recruitment policy,” wrote Kagan in 2003. It is “a profound wrong—a moral injustice of the first order.”
So far, so good.
Not allowing openly gay and lesbian Americans into the military is a grave moral injustice and it is a disgrace that so many Republicans defend the policy to this day.
But the response that Kagan favored banning military recruiters from campus—was stupid and counterproductive.
I think it showed bad judgment.
The United States military is not Procter and Gamble. It is not just another employer.
It is the institution whose members risk their lives to protect the country.
You can disagree with the policies of the American military; you can even hate them, but you can’t alienate yourself from the institution without in a certain sense alienating yourself from the country.
Barring the military from campus is a bit like barring the president or even the flag.
It’s more than a statement of criticism; it’s a statement of national estrangement.
I agree!!! Look for mclefty to go along too... and cornyn and company.
LLS
Kagan and Obama Go Way Back
Kagan and Obama met at U of C in the ‘90s
The current Solicitor General and soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice tried her best to woo Obama to a life in academia when the two worked at the University of Chicago, according to MSNBC’s First Read.
Kagan joined the staff there in 1991 and won tenure in 1995. Obama was a part-time lecturer there between 1992 and 2004, when he was elected to the U.S. Senate, but according to reports she tried to convice him to pursue a tenure track.
Obviously Obama had more grandiose ideas about where his career would lead him, but what a perfect bookend now that he’s poised to nominate her to become the next Supreme Court Justice.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Kagan-and-Obama-Go-Way-Back-93267019.html
Be ready to wade into it in a righteous way.
I wonder who will point out that if she is a lesbian, her actions at Harvard point out how that is corrupting her politics?
Any brave souls?
she also looks a little like Tom Arnold in that pic
http://www.congress.org/news/2010/05/10/kagan_vague_on_executive_power
Kagan vague on executive power
Both sides dissatisfied with her past comments.
When it comes to executive privilege, neither side wants to claim Elena Kagan’s views.
LLSA
Twitter tweets on Kagan. Goldman sachs is the magic word of the day.
Kagan was on the advisory council for Goldman Sachs from 2005 to 2008!
Human Rights Campaign Praises President Obama’s Nomination of Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court http://ff.im/-k7K2z
Elena Kagan Nominated for Supreme Court - Senators pledged to scrutinize Solicitor General Elena Kaga... http://ow.ly/17kiV3
Supreme Irony - Kagan Nomination Ends Gay Marriage Hopes-”There is no constitutional right to same-sex marriage.”
Breaking News: Steele attacks Kagan over Marshall comment http://j.mp/bUVqRz
KAGAN.. Hopefully I shant have to learn to spell the name.. I keep thinking of this other word.. Pagan
Sestak seizes on Specter past vote against Kagan http://bit.ly/aMqzQ9
Top Republican: Summer vote for Kagan doable http://bit.ly/brdgHf
Senate Republicans Target Kagan Lack of Judicial Experience (CQPolitics.com): http://bit.ly/awuESq
Left is mute on racial double standard in Kagan pick http://bit.ly/cR0iKr
WSJ: Four ways the GOP might attack Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan http://on.wsj.com/bHWAhY
Calls to out Elena Kagan are forgetting about 220 years of heterosexism on the Supreme Court: http://bit.ly/ddj6l0
Kagan rapid ascent to nomination (AP)http://bit.ly/cYUzOy
Do you know how many of the present justices were not ever judges? Were any of them?
I changed to a local channel when The Kenyan started to speak.....good timing, as I discovered that there is a hostage situation on a street I drive along on my way to work!
Thanks, Zero.
And, Kagan will help with the lesbian and transgendered vote. It’s time that the Supreme Court had “Napolitanitanesque” representation! Bob
I can’t watch this vacuous child either. Bob
Thanks for the ping.
This traitor to our Constitution needs to be stopped in committee.
I am going to assume that the Democrat strategy is to nominate someone for the Republicans to criticize, then withdraw that nomination and nominate someone who appears to be less socialist, but who is and who Obama really wanted in the 1st place.
I assume the strategy here is to nominate Kagan and let the Republicans expend all of their rapid opposition on her. Then Obama withdraws her name from nomination, citing that he disires bipartisan cooperation, even though he has the Senate and could install Kagan on the court.
Then he nominates who he really wanted all along, now that the Republicans have shot their wad opposing Kagan. If they oppose nominee #2, the media will brand them as nothing but obstructionist. So the Republicans will ultimately cave in and allow nominee #2 so they don’t look mean.
Meanwhile, Obama gets his 1st choice for SCOTUS with nominee #2. The ace in the hole is to select the right cannon fodder in case the Repulicans cave on nominee #1. So Kagan is someone Obama can live with, but his preferred nominee will come next, after having Kagan withdraw her name for family reasons or some such.
Guilty - he or she or whatever is most definitely guilty.
How about Megyn Kelly instead? She has never been judge before either. But she is not guilty.
EXTREMELY not guilty.
LOL
That is pretty damn HEAVY. Thanks for the post!
Why are all liberal lesbians lacking in the looks dept and look like men?
She’s no socialist...you gonna believe your own lying eyes?
“One of the foremost legal scholars in the country. Supremely qualified,” said White House senior adviser David Axelrod.
Kagan had never argued a case in her life before winning confirmation last year as solicitor general, a job for which Kagan now argues before the Supreme Court on behalf of the U.S. government.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said, adding that Kagan would bring a “diversity of experience” to the Supreme Court.
“I am particularly pleased President Obama has chosen a nominee from outside the judicial monastery,” added Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
hahaha...its unbelievable what a law degree but never arguing a case prior to being a solicitor general, sucking up to your liberal buddies,...can eventually get you.
And our republican fungus reps in congress will roll over like a bloodhound stretching out in the sun on a Mississippi porch.
If any vote Yes and they're up for reelection come November it's an automatic defeat. Might as well not even run if you vote Yes. . .
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