It has just been announced that Elena Kagan is Obama's new Supreme Court nominee to replace Stevens.
One thing that's been mentioned is when she was Dean of Harvard Law School, she refused the military permission to recruit on campus due to Don't Ask Don't Tell. That's one strike against her as far as I'm concerned. The national security of the country should never be politicized.
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- Sun May 09, 2010 9:28 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: Justice Stevens Retiring
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- Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:16 am
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
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Re: Justice Stevens Retiring
A new name has appeared on the short list, according to ABC News:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch ... -list.html
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch ... -list.html
Last Friday we told you that President Obama's short list of possible nominees to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the US Supreme Court contains fewer than 10 names.
We told you that 7th circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diane Wood, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, DC Court of Appeals Judge Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano are on the short, list -- and now we've learned another.
Former Georgia Supreme Court chief justice Leah Ward Sears is also on the short list, a senior White House official tells ABC News.
Sears, who will turn 55 in June, was the first female African-American chief justice in US history, and when nominated for the state supreme court by then-Gov. Zell Miller in 1992, she became the first woman and the youngest person to ever sit on the court.
She stepped down from the court last year and currently practices law at Schiff Hardin.
A graduate of Emory University Law School, Sears was on President Obama’s short list last year. A member of the left-leaning American Constitution Society, she is also a friend of conservative Justice Clarence Thomas.
- Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:14 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: Justice Stevens Retiring
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Re: Justice Stevens Retiring
The top two contenders are apparently, in order, Diane Wood and Elena Kagan.
Wood is a judge on the 7th Circuit Court in Chicago. She is viewed as a hard-left liberal and I would imagine, being from Chicago, would lean anti-2A. She was on faculty at Chicago Law School where Obama taught Constitutional Law (I know, ironic isn't it?).
Kagan is former Dean of Harvard Law School but has never been a judge and therefore has no trail of judicial opinions. She's considered a moderate because she apparently was able to "reach out to conservatives" while Dean at Harvard. She is currently serving as US Solicitor General.
Janet Napalitano is apparently also in the running.
Wood is a judge on the 7th Circuit Court in Chicago. She is viewed as a hard-left liberal and I would imagine, being from Chicago, would lean anti-2A. She was on faculty at Chicago Law School where Obama taught Constitutional Law (I know, ironic isn't it?).
Kagan is former Dean of Harvard Law School but has never been a judge and therefore has no trail of judicial opinions. She's considered a moderate because she apparently was able to "reach out to conservatives" while Dean at Harvard. She is currently serving as US Solicitor General.
Janet Napalitano is apparently also in the running.