Posts tagged 'judicial nomination'

Elena Kagan Confirmed for Supreme Court

by @ Thursday, August 5th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Government, Legal

The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan Thursday as the Supreme Court’s 112th justice and fourth woman. Reports have praised her confirmation as one of “selecting a scholar with a reputation for brilliance, a dry sense of humor and a liberal legal bent.” Calling her a brilliant scholar is a bit of stretch to say the least.
She [...]

Friday Funny – One More Thing America Doesn’t Want

by @ Friday, July 2nd, 2010. Tags: , , , ,
Filed under Humor

Forget taxation without representation, we just don’t have representation. Period.

Elena Kagan: Stealth Candidate and soon-to-be Judicial Activist

The media is fond of portraying any judicial candidate as “moderate” when nominated by a Democrat, yet always apply the “[very] conservative” label to any nominee from a Republican president. But as Brent Bozell correctly points out, “…before Sotomayor voted with the gun-controllers in the Chicago gun-rights case; before Sotomayor voted for allowing public universities [...]

Obama’s Supreme Court Nominees are Inexperienced With Life

When considering someone for the Supreme Court, Obama said he wanted a nominee who could “relate to the real world and how the law affects ordinary Americans.” He supposedly wanted a champion of the “little guy,” yet he nominates the exact opposite.
People with lives in academia and perpetual paychecks cannot understand “the little guy”, or [...]

If Obama Nominated Elena Kagan, Then Her Views Are No Mystery

The media is putting up a smokescreen with depicting Elena Kagan as a “moderate” or of “unclear ideology.” Some have even gone so far as to suggest she may be “conservative,” which is a bizarre claim considering who nominated her. Why else would Obama choose her if not for the fact that she shares most, [...]

Confirmation Hearings: Ten Questions for Sonia Sotomayor

In light of so much controversy surrounding a nominee with a record many see as radical, I found some excellent questions that judge Sotomayor should be forced to answer. I have re-posted these questions in their entirety.
Question #1: Policy-Making from the Bench
During a Duke University panel discussion in 2005, you made a statement that raises [...]

Ginsburg, Sotomayor and the Ricci Case

While the Supreme Court decision in favor of the discriminated firefighters in the Ricci case may seem potentially damaging to Sotomayor, it really won’t change much with her confirmation hearing. If it comes up, she will simply cite the dissenting opinion of the four justices as being on her side, and since it was a [...]

Obama Nominates Judicial Activist Judge Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court

Barack Obama has nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice Souter on the High Court. As expected, she is a deeply flawed candidate who has made outrageous comments concerning race and judicial activism. The mainstream media has either not reported or downplayed her controversial statements. Instead, the media is focusing on the most trivial and [...]

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