You do know that President Barack Obama handed in that list of candidates for the Supreme Court Justice Thing right? Well if things work out, then Obama’s second nominee to sit on the highest U.S. court is going to be someone who never served time as a judge!
Jeff Sessions – Senior Republican on Senate Judiciary Committee said that Kagan doesn’t have a lot on her resume’ so it is going to be a big and important deal for us all. It is also important how she testifies and she is going to be subject to a thorough analysis before we can reach a decision.
Right now, it is tougher for anyone to reach a verdict because Kagan has no judicial career or trial of judicial opinions so it is going to be a little extra hard to appoint Kagan on issues like; Gay Rights and Abortion.
Kagan is the first female dean at the Harvard Law School and she is currently a solicitor general. Obama chose her name to succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, a liberal voice on the bench. In addition, the Obama Administration requested the National Archives to release all records of Kagan to ease the whole decision making process, pertaining to her current state.
Some Republicans did raise a valid point against Kagan, by saying that she was supportive of the on-campus ban on gays serving openly in the military. She wouldn’t let anyone come close to the recruiting area for that very purpose and to Mr. Jeff Sessions, this wasn’t an acceptable gesture.
But Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said that Kagan was only trying to follow the Harvard Law School policy. We ought to make up our mind about appointing this woman as the new Supreme Court Justice and we should be bright enough to do it.
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