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Obama Will Nominate Elena Kagan To the Supreme Court

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the let-the-battle-begin dept.

Mr Pink Eyes writes "President Obama has made his choice to fill the vacancy in the Supreme Court that was left by the retirement of Justice Stevens. According to this article that choice will be Elena Kagan."

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  1. Re:!newsfornerds by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 5, Informative
    From her Wikipedia page

    The New York Times paraphrases Kagan as saying "that someone suspected of helping finance Al Qaeda should be subject to battlefield law -- indefinite detention without a trial -- even if he were captured in a place like the Philippines rather than a physical battle zone.

    - New York Times, 17th February 2009

    There you go! An article on her view regarding detention and human rights, two hot topics on any news website. If you want a nerd angle, consider the word "cyberterror."

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  2. Re:This woman is evil. by jcr · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here you go

    Solicitor General Elena Kagan argues in a friend of the court brief that local, state, and federal prosecutors must enjoy absolute immunity from citizen lawsuits - even when they sent innocent men to prison for life by fabricating incriminating evidence and hiding exculpatory evidence.

    As I said before, she's evil.

    -jcr

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  3. Re:Of course... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    - Kagan is the current Solicitor General of The US
    - Kagan was the Dean of Law at Harvard

    --> Now imagine having that on your CV and people telling you "Nah, that's not enough experience for us, sorry."

    For the job of "top 9 judges in the United States", yes, that's not enough experience. For comparison's sake, consider that Sonia Sotomayor had been spent about 20 years on the bench before she was nominated [...]

    * John Roberts: Was a Republican Party operative who had been a judge for two years before being appointed to lead the Supreme Court by the same President who had given him a judgeship.
    * Earl Warren: Was governor of California and that state's Attorney General, and became one of the best justices of all time.
    * William Rehnquist: Was a Republican Party operative challenging the voting rights of Latino citizens in Arizona before being an Assistant Attorney General, and became one of the worst justices of all time.
    * Abe Fortas: Was a Democratic Party operative and a criminal defense lawyer who won Gideon v. Wainwright.
    * Harlan Stone: Was a U.S. Attorney General.
    * Clarence Thomas: Was Assistant Attorney General of Missouri and a member of the EEOC and had been a judge for two years before being appointed to the Supreme Court by the same President who had given him a judgeship
    * Lewis Powell: Was the American Bar Association President and a Tobacco Institute lawyer.
    * Arthur Goldberg: Was a union lawyer and Secretary of Labor.
    * Byron White: Was a running back and an Assistant U.S. Attorney General.
    * John Harlan: Was judge for one year before being appointed to the Supreme Court by the same President who gave him a judgeship.
    * Felix Frankfurter: Was a Zionist activist and co-founder of the ACLU
    * William Douglas: Was a member of the Securities and Exchange commission
    * Robert Jackson: Was a U.S. Attorney General