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Obama picks Kagan as next US Supreme Court justice
22 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama has chosen US Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the next US Supreme Court justice, NBC TV reported.
If confirmed by the White House and later by the US Senate, Kagan will replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.
Stevens, 90, announced his decision to retire in April.
Kagan's appointment would mark the culmination of a meteoric rise for the former Harvard law professor, who is a close ally of Obama and was only sworn in in March 2009 as the first female solicitor general.
At the time, Attorney General Eric Holder praised Kagan's "intelligence, experience and commitment to the rule of law."
In some ways, Kagan's is a surprise appointment, as Kagan has spent much of her time in academia teaching the law, rather than arguing cases on the courtroom floor.
Her lack of courtroom experience has been somewhat mitigated over the past 14 months in her role defending the government's position on cases before the Supreme Court.
Kagan would be only the fourth woman after Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor to sit on the nation's top court.
Some legal lobby groups had called on Obama to chose someone from outside the judiciary, who might be more in touch than the aspirations of ordinary people, than a candidate who spent years in the legal profession.
A president can put a stamp on American life for years after leaving office with the lifetime appointment of a Supreme Court justice.
Stevens, 90, joined the bench amid the traumatic fallout of the Watergate scandal in the 1970s, and will step down after 34 years, with bitter partisanship once again tearing at the fabric of American politics.
Yet his departure announced last month, is unlikely to change the current court's conservative leaning.
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terrible choice. there are much hotter candidates.
and stevens, retiring at 90? WTF is that? We might as well assign Sarah palin the job... if you're going to quit, why accept the job at all?
sheesh.
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terrible choice. there are much hotter candidates.
and stevens, retiring at 90? WTF is that? We might as well assign Sarah palin the job... if you're going to quit, why accept the job at all?
sheesh.
rare form indeed ::)
Her lack of courtroom experience has been somewhat mitigated over the past 14 months in her role defending the government's position on cases before the Supreme Court.
I wonder what these positions of the govt she was defending...
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She's apparently in favor of indefinitely detaining financiers of terrorism. Works for me.
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what is her stance on DC's gun ban reversal and gun control in general?
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Why attach my post to this long, old ass thread?
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Why attach my post to this long, old ass thread?
fixed. We really should only be merging exact stories imo. we never would have merged this in the past so I don't know why it was done or who did it this time. If it was Ron, sorry ;D
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Anyone notice that she looks like Elton John in bad drag?
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terrible choice. there are much hotter candidates.
and stevens, retiring at 90? WTF is that? We might as well assign Sarah palin the job... if you're going to quit, why accept the job at all?
sheesh.
Wow,240 with yet another Palin referance and insult.How unusual.
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She's apparently in favor of indefinitely detaining financiers of terrorism. Works for me.
Indefinite detention without trial or access to legal counsel. In other words: carte blanche to arrest anyone who you don't like, but don't have incriminating evidence against. In other words: this person has no faith in the US legal system as it is.
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terrible choice. there are much hotter candidates.
and stevens, retiring at 90? WTF is that?
;D
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Anyone notice that she looks like Elton John in bad drag?
not Elton John but I had the same question. She looks like some dude, I just can't remember who.
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not Elton John but I had the same question. She looks like some dude, I just can't remember who.
the guy from the king of queens?
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the guy from the king of queens
holy shit, you nailed it.... that's who I was thinking of!!!! lololol
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What is her stance on the 2nd ammendment?
The PATRIOT Act?
What cases has she defended for the federal government?
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the guy from the king of queens?
Funniest post of the year.Jesus,thats right on the money.Thats downright scary.Seperated at birth for sure.
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What is her stance on the 2nd ammendment?
The PATRIOT Act?
What cases has she defended for the federal government?
good questions, I dunno. I'll check later if someone doesn't beat me to it.
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Why attach my post to this long, old ass thread?
That was me. Just trying to help, because there is already a long thread about the pick/selection process. No biggie if you don't want it merged.
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fixed. We really should only be merging exact stories imo. we never would have merged this in the past so I don't know why it was done or who did it this time.
Not true. I don't merge a lot of threads, but the ones I merge are not always "exact stories."
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A real looker. ::) ::)
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i'd much rather have a less qualified, better looking candidate.
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Toobin on high court nominee Kagan
May 10, 2010
(CNN) -- President Obama named U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan on Monday as his nominee to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court.
CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, author of "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court," talked to CNN.com about Kagan, his former law school classmate.
CNN: What is Elena Kagan's strength?
Jeffrey Toobin: Elena Kagan is known as a consensus builder. During her time as dean of Harvard Law School, she united a deeply divided faculty. Clearly, the hope from the president is that she will do for the Supreme Court what she did for the Harvard faculty, if that's possible.
CNN: You knew her at Harvard. What is she like?
Toobin: Smart, funny, self-confident, extremely intelligent but not obnoxious about it. She's always been a well-grounded person who brings out the best in others around her.
CNN: Some African-American groups and commentators have criticized her appointments at Harvard, charging that almost all of the people she hired were white and of those, only six were women. Could that be a factor in her confirmation?
Toobin: The upper reaches of the legal profession are still dominated by men, so the talent pool still skews that way. Under Kagan, the diversity of the faculty at Harvard changed, but not as fast as the rest of the country.
Video: Kagan called consensus builder
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Video: Who is Elena Kagan?
Video: Elena Kagan, SCOTUS Nominee RELATED TOPICS
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CNN: How does Elena Kagan stand politically?
Toobin: She's clearly a Democrat with a capital D. She worked for both the Clinton and Obama administrations. What is unclear, however, is her stand on specific social issues that go before the court -- affirmative action, abortion, church and state issues. Unlike a sitting judge, she has never been forced to write opinions on those issues, and she has chosen not to write about them as an academic. As far as I know, she has not even talked about her views.
CNN: What do you say to observations that she has never been a judge?
Toobin: Since 2005, every justice for the court has been a former appeals court judge, but that model is relatively new by Supreme Court standards. During the time of Brown v. Board of Education, in 1954, eight of the nine justices had never been judges before. Obama is a president who respects diversity in all areas, including professional background. He said he wanted to break the monopoly of former judges on the court, and this is a first step.
CNN: What lies ahead for confirmation?
Toobin: I think the days of justices being confirmed with more than 90 votes, which happened with Justice Stevens, Justice [Antonin] Scalia, and [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg, are over. But the odds are that she will be confirmed by a comfortable margin. The fact that the Republicans have not been breathing fire from the start suggests they are not looking for a huge fight. Of course, they don't have to make up their minds right away.
CNN: How will the process play out?
Toobin: The hearing will probably be in early July, and the Senate vote soon after. Kagan should be in place well before the first Monday in October. That was how it worked with Justice [Sonia] Sotomayor, and there is no reason to think it will be significantly different this time.
For more of Toobin's impressions and observations of Elena Kagan, click here.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/05/10/toobin.kagan/index.html?hpt=T2
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Of course you would. ::) ::) ::)
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CNN: Some African-American groups and commentators have criticized her appointments at Harvard, charging that almost all of the people she hired were white and of those, only six were women. Could that be a factor in her confirmation?
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Here we go again with the left wing nonsense.
Don't these leftists ever listen to themselves?
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A butch lesbian Jew, fantastic.
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Would you hit it?
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Would you hit it?
hahahahahahahaha.... uh..... give me 2 cases of imperial stout and maybe :D
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Bro - honestly, she combines all the wort features of a chic:
1. Pasty.
2. FUPA
3. GUNT
4. Tits are not big enough for the GUNT.
5. All the bodyfat concentrated in the gut.
6. Angry haircut - just looks pissed off.
7. Triple chin.
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Bro - honestly, she combines all the wort features of a chic:
1. Pasty.
2. FUPA
3. GUNT
4. Tits are not big enough for the GUNT.
5. All the bodyfat concentrated in the gut.
6. Angry haircut - just looks pissed off.
7. Triple chin.
I agree, she's as fugly as it gets, but in the end that will not be what I hold against here. That's just for kidding around. I'll be critical when I start hearing what she is for and against. For the position, I won't hold her looks against her.
Just give me those two cases of imperial stout :D
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Definately not.
Cant do it Hugo.
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A real looker. ::) ::)
Yeah, makes more sense to place more importance on a person's looks than on their qualifications.
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She is qualified and will get through in a breeze.
So far, other than working for Goldman Sachs, banning ROTC from Harvard, and advocating for an imperial presidency, she seems fine to me.
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Definately not.
Cant do it Hugo.
after a case of imperial stout you'd be fucking the light socket and screaming 42 virgins! lol...
no, I wouldn't wanna hit it either.
but give me a couple cases and who knows :D
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Yeah, makes more sense to place more importance on a person's looks than on their qualifications.
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no, we should not do so. but kidding around about it is another thing, she IS manfuglyish. lol...
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Is anybody else thinking that Obama picked her because of her lack of history and opinions like him? Think about it, she hasn't even written about anything even as an academic...that kind of bothers me.
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Same as Obama. Only a complete moron still buys into ANYTHING coming from this admn.
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She looks like she could rip off your dick and fuck you with it.
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She looks like she could rip off your dick and fuck you with it.
Is it gay that that made me hard?
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Is it gay that that made me hard?
Only if you want it to be.