Leading senators: Kagan may have to recuse herself from health case

The Washington Times ^ | November 18, 2011 | Stephen Dinan

[pieceofthepuzzle]

She should absolutely not be sitting on this case. She’s 100% conflicted.

[cableguymn]

Your right. but..

She will.

[jessduntno]

“She should absolutely not be sitting on this case. She’s 100% conflicted.”

She ain’t conflicted at all...that’s the problem.

[freekitty]

May? She should not be sitting on the court when this is heard.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

She’s not conflicted at all. One needs a conscience for that. She is a democrat. They have seared their conscience long ago.

[sixgunjer]

Yeah, we’ll wait for that to happen.

[Baynative]

Recusal is the prerogative of the individual justices. She will never step away from this one. They know the furor will be temporary and the media will give her a pass.

[jazusamo]

Agreed and I’ll go one step further, she’s an activist judge that shouldn’t be on the SCOTUS bench.

[plain talk]

Obama knew the conflict when he nominated her. If he says he did so expecting her to recuse herself then she should recuse herself. If Obama says he did not expect her to recuse herself for such an obvious conflict of interest then Obama should be impeached.

[jazusamo]

I agree, she’ll never recuse herself.

[Signalman]

The decision to recuse is up to the judge himself/herself and I would be highly surprised if she did that on this case. After all, the reason Obama put her on the court was to rubber stamp his policies.

[fhayek]

Her voting for Obamacare is the very reason that she was nominated for the court in the first place.

[jazusamo]

You’re dead on the money. This is but one thing Obama should be impeached for though.

[MHGinTN]

Because of two characteristics Barry bassturd has, he is unimpeachable. There is not any behavior he could commit which would result in impeachment and removal. None.

[org.whodat]

She can be impeached and put up for trial in the senate and then removed from office. A conflict of interest would be an impeachable offense. Would boner and. Cantor do it, hell no.

[FewsOrange]

It won’t matter. The remaining 3 liberals will vote to uphold, the 4 conservatives will vote to strike down, Kennedy will be the swing vote. If it is 4-4 the law stands.

[jpf]

I actually think the notion that the commerce clause applies to your body won't sit well with Kennedy. I say it gets struck down 5-4.

[Qbert]

"Kagan Directs Staff to “Be Involved” in Crafting Defense of Obamacare; Scolds Justice Colleague on the Issue of Her Participation: “This Needs to be Coordinated…You Should not Say Anything about This before Talking to Me.”

http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2011/may/documents-raise-questions-about-supreme-court-justice-kagan-s-role-obamacare-defense-s

[jazusamo]

Thanks for linking. This shows she was darn well in it.