President Barack Obama selected Elena Kagan, solicitor general since March 2009, former Harvard Law School Dean, as his nominee to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.
She lacks any experience on the bench her greatest short-coming, as well as, her views and position on indefinite detention without a trial battlefield law troubling and worrisome.
And certainly the time is a propitious one for an African-American female to sit on the highest court of the land. However, you want to turn the tortilla both sides equally cooked looks and taste better to the palate. African-American women have not had their time on the U.S. Supreme Court, if not now, when?
Also, Native American or Asian women missing from the court as well and a nominee from these groups would have been an important addition for diversity on the highest bench in the land.
One thumbs up, and one down for Kagan, I stand with the president cautiously on this one. Another view of Kagan on this blog.
Elena Kagan, photo, courtesy Harvard Law School
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I too would have preferred an African-American woman on the court. You are right that African-Americans are long overdue to have a real African American on the court. However, given that the president did not nominate one, I am thrilled to finally see 1/3 of the court being represented by women. I am aware of the concerns you express especially on the question of presidential power. However, I have to trust that at the end of the day she will serve the interest of every day ciommon folks. Her sharp intellect should serve her well.
True, but it’s time if not under this president when?