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SCOTUS Nominee Kagan On Free Speech Issues

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the she's-a-shoo-in-anyway dept.

DesScorp submitted one of a few stories I've seen about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, whose confirmation hearings are supposed to start today (despite being a formality, given that she has the votes pretty much locked up). "SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan hasn't left much of a paper trail during her legal career, which may make gauging her ideas and opinions somewhat difficult. But there are some positions she has made clear statements on, among them, pornography and 'hate speech.' In a 1993 University of Chicago seminar on the subject, Kagan argued that the government wasn't doing enough about the spread of porn or hate speech. She argued that new approaches were needed to fight their spread, as well as taking a fresh look at old approaches, such as obscenity laws. Kagan included herself among 'those of us who favor some form of pornography and hate speech regulation,' and told participants that 'a great deal can be done very usefully' to crack down on such evils."

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  1. While it is still legal to say so... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Kagan, I hate you.

  2. Porn? by BVis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't mess with porn, it's the only thing keeping some people sane.

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    1. Re:Porn? by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 4, Funny

      From what I can tell (roughly) at least half of /. is civil libertarian, and at least half of /. is against spam. Therefore, by pidgeonhole principal, at least one person on /. is a hypocrite.

      (OK, that was a complete and utter troll.)

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  3. Comma by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They left out the comma, I think she means
    ""those of us who favor some form of pornography, and hate speech regulation"

    There we go, now we're all on the same page.

  4. Editors, who needs them? by Mathness · · Score: 5, Funny

    supposed to start to day

    I wonder when Slashdot will be burned down to the ground by English teachers.

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  5. Cause for concern by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Funny

    As an angry wanker, I find this very troubling.

    1. Re:Cause for concern by Pojut · · Score: 5, Funny

      As an angry wanker

      Doesn't that hurt? Or at the very least, chafe?

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  6. So... by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess my Nazi porn collection is completely unacceptable then?

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    1. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      I can just picture Dirk Hilter saying "who's your Fuhrer?" while spanking a Nazi medic.

  7. Re:Yay, Obama by dyingtolive · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I got this on my RSS ticker in firefox, it said "SCOTUS Nominee Kagan on F...". For some reason, I genuinely thought the next word would be fire, and I excitedly clicked on it. I think my disappointment should be obvious at this point.

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  8. Re:Yay, Obama by twoallbeefpatties · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously, if Obama is Hitler and Bush is Hitler, what does that make Hitler?

    I wonder if there were any hyperbolic editorialists in those days saying, "Hitler is just like Napoleon!"

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