The New York Times questions whether Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama’s choice to replace Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court, will fill Stevens’ left-wing judicial activist shoes. Lets hope not, but it’s anybody’s guess. Without any time serving as a judge and no judicial opinions, Kagan’s public record on key issues likely to face her as a Supreme [...]
What You Need to Know About Elena Kagan, Obama’s Nominee to the Supreme Court
May 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It goes without saying that whoever President Barack Obama chose to nominate for the supreme court would have an entry in Discover The Networks:
Served as President Bill Clinton’s Associate White House Counsel
Former dean of Harvard Law School
Sought to overturn the Solomon Amendment, a law that denies federal funding to any university that bars military recruiters from [...]
Potential Obama Court Pick: Gays in the Military More Important than Military Recruitment
April 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
President Barack Obama is reportedly considering nominating Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court, and 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 [...]
