The left is already blasting Barack Obama for choosing the Solicitor General, Elena Kagan, to fill the seat of retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Many see this choice as moving the Court more toward the conservative right, instead of toward the left views of the likes of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
A particular “endorsement” of Ms. Kagan comes from the Solictor General under Pres. George W. Bush, Ted Olsen, who believes that Ms. Kagan is a qualified nominee. Olsen appreciates Ms. Kagan’s views of the Constitution in its “strict” terms. Others, like the Federalist Society, have said that Obama has chosen “an individual who places a higher premium on political progressivism than adherence to the set of laws that have made this country strong and free,” said David McIntosh, a former Republican congressman and the co-founder of the conservative Federalist Society.
For the full story on the Kagan appointment:
3 comments
Comments feed for this article
May 11, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Interested Bystander
Hey All,
If Obama believes she is the best that we have to offer the Supreme Court, then I’m POSITIVE there is someone better out there.
May 11, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Interested Bystander
I nominate JAMES!!!!!!!!!!
May 11, 2010 at 2:58 pm
JAMES
I can think of a great many more qualified individuals than me or Elena Kagan. Prof. carolyn Swain from Vanderbilt University comes to mind. She’d give him a two-fer, as a Black woman. Then there is Laura Ingraham. I’m sure we can think of others.