Kagan, Kagan, Kagan. Enough with Kagan!

[LittleBlue]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/09/elena-kagan-emerging-as-s_n_532319.html

Who is behind this pushing of Elena Kagan every time there is a Supreme Court opening? Seriously, we heard almost exclusively about Kagan when Justice Sotomayor was nominated. NY Times, HuffPo, etc. Go to Google News: 2,000+ articles obsessing over her for some reason I'm not understanding. It's like she's hired a PR firm to blitz for her every time there's an opening.

We don't need to appoint a "more conservative leaning" candidate when there are plenty of quality progressives. Orrin Hatch loves her as a candidate, btw.

Don't do it, Mr. President! It's a trap!

[CTyankee]

1. Oh, I dunno. I heard lots of griping from the left about Ginsberg when she was

nominated by Clinton. That astounded me! I knew her from her days on the Women's Rights Project for the ACLU and of course she had been a federal judge and had made mark in women's rights cases. And as I recall Orrin Hatch liked her, too...

[LittleBlue]

2. She's on the books as supporting indefinite detention of terruh suspects

Greenwald points out that her appointment would shift the court substantially to the right.

I can't support this at all.

[CTyankee]

7. Thanks for filling me in...nt

[KittyWampus]

8. You weren't filled in with facts. Greenwald provided little to nothing of substance.

[Teaser]

11. on what books?

let's see it.

[LittleBlue]

15. A link for you

"Harvard Law Dean Elena Kagan, President Obama's choice to represent his administration before the Supreme Court, told a key Republican senator Tuesday that she believed the government could hold suspected terrorists without trial as war prisoners."

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/11/nation/na-solicitor-general11

BAM! Do not nominate her.

[sabrina 1]

18. I've also read that she isn't opposed to the unitary executive

theory. Funny how her name keeps coming up.

[cascadiance]

13. I'm guessing that Hatch liked her because of her age and her health...

knowing that she wouldn't stay on the court too long, unlike all the wingnut selections that are young and healthy.

[CTyankee]

14. She wasn't sick when she was nominated so I don't know what you are talking about. nt.

[Pirate Smile]

3. I just read that the Republicans would even filibuster Kagan so they will filibuster whoever he puts

up.

[grantcart]

4. Kagan

[ProSense]

5. There is absolutely

nothing wrong with Kagan.

FLASHBACK: Media praised Wood's and Kagan's intellect

[Jennicut]

12. I didn't know that she is the Solicitor General for the US.

I think whoever Obama picks will be an intelligent, well thought out pick. He has no illusions of Rethug cooperation so he will pick who he really wants.
I thought Sotomayor was a very good pick.

[LittleBlue]

16. Except for her little "indefinite detainee detention" policy

And the fact that the R's love her.

[onenote]

26. the "fact" that the R's love her exists only in your head, not in reality

31 Rs voted against Kagan's confirmation as SG; only 6 voted for her.

[pscot]

6. Karlan

Isn't there anyone under age 50 on his damned list?

[argonaut]

9. Orrin Hatch's track record on judicial nominees isn't terrible, actually.

He seems to have some respect for the process.

[cascadiance]

10. ERWIN CHEMERINSKY DAMNIT! AND YES I AM YELLING!

We need someone to balance the extreme right wing shift, not move it further that way...

Chemerinsky, a great constitutional scholar that UC Irvine can't really appreciate now where he works, would be just the justice we need to put a stop to this corporate personhood crap!

http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org/nike/public_interest_briefs.html

U.S. Representatives Dennis Kucinich, Corrine Brown, Bob Filner and Bernard Sanders
Brief written by University of Southern California Law School professor Erwin Chemerinsky and Loyola Law School professor Catherine Fisk

Summary: False factual statements intended to sell products are commercial speech and not protected by the First Amendment. Nike was speaking not to influence a political debate, but to sell its products. If accepted, Nike's claims would endanger a vast array of consumer protection laws: cosmetics companies could lie about whether they do animal testing; tuna companies could lie about whether they catch tuna in a dolphin safe way; manufacturers could lie about whether their products were made by union labor or in the USA.

Glen Greenwald says NO too!

http://www.salon.com/news/the_supreme_court/index.html?story=/opinion/greenwald/2010/04/09/stevens

And if the Republicans don't like it and threaten a fillibuster, tell them to go "f themselves" and wait to get "nuked", like The Republicans would tell us when they were in charge!

[LittleBlue]

17. Chemerinsky seems like an excellent choice.

Goodwin Liu doesn't seem bad, either.

[grantcart]

27. Actually we need someone that will influence Kennnedy

Glen Greewald's formula is one that will give us a firebrand and 5-4 loses.

The reason that Alito, Scalia, and Thomas are such bad choices for the right is not because they are safe or not safe but that they have zero chance of moving somebody from the other side to vote with them.

[Supersedeas]

28. He'd be at the top of my list

[saracat]

19. Betcha its gonna be Janet Napolitano.

[PBS Poll-435]

20. Probably not after the ballsbomber

:shrug:

[jefferson_dem]

21. Remember, some here and elsewhere were calling Sotomayor a "corporatist" also.

People are "obsessing" over Kagan because she's highly regarded by Obama and is on his "short, short list". As Solicitor General, she is the second highest ranking legal officer (behind Atty General) in the Obama administration.

What objective evidence do you have that she would be a conservative leaning justice? Note that her positions taken as Solicitor General do not *necessarily* signal how she would rule as Suprme Court Justice. Hopefully, we can all appreciate the principles behind separation of powers.

[Phx_Dem]

22. Huffington Post doesn't have a fucking clue who the front runner is.

They had no fucking idea Sotomayer was even in the running until her nomination was announced. They're just trying to stir up shit because they think liberals won't like Kagan.

[jefferson_dem]

23. No "analysis" is more nauseating than wild-eyed speculation about potential Supreme Court justices..

from half-baked, armchair legal pundits.

[Arkana]

24. Stevens was chosen by Ford. Souter was chosen by HW Bush.

Both of those guys are on the "liberal" wing of the court.

What does that tell you about trying to predict the path that a judge will take when put on the Supreme Court?

[Phx_Dem]

25. Exactly. And both were (presumably) Republicans.

Surprise! lol

Why couldn't Roberts or Alito have surprised us in the same way? ;( :cry: