Posted on 06/23/2010 3:43:20 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
Judge Robert Bork, whose nomination to the Supreme Court went down in flames in 1987 after contentious confirmation hearings, said for the first time today that he is opposed to Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Court.
"Ms. Kagan has not had the time to develop a mature philosophy of judging," said Bork in a conference call organized by Americans United for Life.
"It is typical of young lawyers going into constitutional law that they have inflated dreams of what constitutional law can do and what courts can do," Bork said. "That’s the danger of Ms. Kagan that she hasn’t had any experience that would lead her to mellow…the academia is not a place where you use prudence and caution and other virtues of a judge."
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He said he was initially prepared to support Kagan based on her hiring of Conservative legal thinkers while she was Dean of Harvard Law School, but since learning more about her he felt the hiring was just, "her way for running for office."
“The one thing the republicans would gain by making an issue of the Kagan hearings is a little integrity for future battles,” he said when asked whether Republicans should make an effort to take issue with Kagan’s confirmation. He added that the Republicans would lose "their reputation for rolling over any time a woman or a liberal is nominated."
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Kagan has been Borked!
Not before time.
It is wonderful to hear Judge Bork speak out. Our nation has suffered without him on the Supreme Court.
It is wonderful to hear Judge Bork speak out. Our nation has suffered without him on the Supreme Court.
Kaganovich has a familiar ring to a lot of Russians. She could be his spawn.
Bork is either being very kind or seriously mistaken. Kaganovich is simply another Bolshevik. It doesn’t require much judicial talent to decide how to vote to bring down a society.
“they have inflated dreams of what constitutional law can do”
This sure hasn’t inhibited Barack Obama. Of course, the courts now have started to step in to block his most egregious misinterpretations of presidential powers. I’m looking forward to this pattern continuing when the health reform plan is litigated.
I believe that Judge Bork follows an honorable code of behavior unfamiliar to his critics, who favor a shoot first and examine the facts later approach.
Bork is indeed generous...Emma Goldman and Rosa Luxemburg would be proud of Kagan.
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