She's known to swing from both sides of the plate.
Though one has to assume most men just let her walk.
Posted on 06/23/2018 2:51:10 PM PDT by Twotone
What is Justice Elena Kagan doing? So far this term, the liberal justice has crossed ideological lines at least three times to join the Supreme Court’s conservatives. Most recently, on Thursday, Kagan authored the majority opinion in Lucia v. SEC, a huge case that threatens to erode the political independence of multiple federal agencies. Tearing down the “administrative state” is supposed to be Justice Neil Gorsuch’s pet project. In Lucia, though, it was Kagan who took the lead in undermining the civil service, authoring an opinion that prompted a sharp dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who accused her colleague of making legal and factual errors.
Why is Kagan playing nice with the conservatives this term? What, put bluntly, is in it for her? Given her overall voting pattern, which remains progressive, it seems unlikely she’s ideologically drifting. It’s possible, though, that these defections are tactical maneuvers—efforts to build a moderate coalition to keep the court from veering rapidly to the right. Kagan isn’t losing the battle to win the war. She’s wrestling the court’s far-right justices to a draw in order to forestall disaster. And so far, she’s been surprisingly successful—to the occasional annoyance of her usual allies.
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Maybe it isn’t only the rich who have a hard time getting into the kingdom. Know any humble judges besides the One on the throne before whom all will kneel?
Thanks Twotone.
She's known to swing from both sides of the plate.
Though one has to assume most men just let her walk.
She's known to swing from both sides of the plate.
Though one has to assume most men just let her walk.
Strike Two!
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Then there are things pointing to not having judicial gravitas
RBG is a brilliant expert in writing rulings backwards from the conclusion she wants.
Sotomayor is just in waaaaay over her head - both in dubious thought and in incoherent writing.
ha! I like to think this as well. ;)
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