Elena Kagan Supreme Court Nomination Undeserved: University Of Colorado Law Professor

The Daily Beast:

Barack Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court is an abuse of the trust granted to him by the nearly 70 million voters who put him in office 18 months ago. A central theme of Obama's campaign was that his administration would be committed to openness in government, and to a fundamentally democratic public process for deciding major public-policy questions. This nomination makes a mockery of that pledge.

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Comments

[bagfed]

08:39 AM on 05/11/2010

interesting analysis, but I would not base my hiring decision on race or religion, and advise against it under any circumstance.

[corwin]

10:39 PM on 05/10/2010

Diffidently, i note that the President is the only one with a vote on the nomination of a candidate. True, it has been a long time since a non judge was nominated (40 years,I think ), but there is not even a requirement SCOTUS member be a lawyer. It is disappointing she's written so little. I don't know if it's a desire to not leave a trail,lack of intellectual firepower or some other reason.Still, the president and the Senate are the ones who have tickets. I don' think it will materially alter any decisions.And,she' s not likely to change anyone's mind or write anything imporant given what she's displayed (or the lack of ) so far in life.

[ceti]

04:37 PM on 05/10/2010

Almost makes you want to bring back era of Protestant judges (Stevens, Souter) who dutifully protected the constitution and the rights of the American people. Diane Wood would have been a great successor to Stevens in this regard, not the careerism of the Kagans of this world.