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  • Kagan would need to recuse herself on 15% of cases.

    07/02/2010 3:55:59 AM PDT · by bjorn14 · 23 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | July 1, 2010 | Shannon Bream
    Though there has been plenty of partisan bickering during this week's confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, there is at least one issue raising concerns on both sides of the aisle. There are questions about how many cases Kagan would have to sit out if she's confirmed, and just how willing she would be to do that. As Solicitor General, the government's top lawyer before the high court, Kagan has been involved with a number of cases that will show up during the Supreme Court's fall term. On Tuesday she testified, "I think that there are probably about...
  • Why Kagan Is Unqualified -- and Dangerous

    07/02/2010 2:15:21 AM PDT · by Scanian · 9 replies · 1+ views
    The Ameruccan Thinker ^ | July 02, 2010 | Selwyn Duke
    Despite being thoroughly unqualified to occupy the bench, Elena Kagan will most likely be confirmed to the Supreme Court. This is because most of our hundred senators are almost as unqualified to judge a judge as she is to be one. What is the proper criterion to apply? Well, a simple analogy illustrates the point best. Let's say you needed to hire a football referee. If he said that he was a "pragmatic" referee, who viewed the rule book as "living" and thus would interpret the rules to suit the "times," would he be your man? Since it's the job...