Posted on 06/30/2010 1:15:57 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
ABC News' Rick Klein reports: Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn has provided some of the most contentious exchanges of the rather tame Elena Kagan confirmation hearings. He's raised questions about Kagan's generally liberal political beliefs, and contends that Kagan would usher in vast expansions of government power as a member of the Supreme Court.
On ABC/Washington Posts Top Line today, Coburn ratcheted up his critique of Kagan, saying she hasnt been as forthcoming about her views as she should be, and questioning her interpretation of the Constitutions Commerce Clause as well as her expressed willingness to follow court precedents.
I think the thing that's very worrisome is that she has a very expansive view of the Commerce Clause, and I find that she's ignorant of the Constitution's limitation of that, especially what our Founders wrote, Coburn, R-Okla., told us.
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Her face looks like she has molluscum contagiosum virus bumps. She’s been rubbing her face somewhere she shouldn’t.
We can’t let this fool get on the court.
Facts which --unfortunately--are seldom mentioned by the Republicans. Not for nothing is she called "Obama in a pants suit."
The argument might have some. weight if we we were talking about a cabinet position. But this is a nomination for a judgeship not for an executive position.
Kagan is even to the left of Ginsburg.
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