Anthony Kennedy: Kagan Shouldn't Have to Answer Questions on Legal Opinions

[The Damned]

Source: The Huffington Post

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Justice Anthony Kennedy decried the way some senators question Supreme Court nominees, defended President Barack Obama's pursuit of empathetic judges and rebutted the idea of activist courts in a speech Friday in south Florida.

Kennedy said the Senate should not try to determine how high court nominee Elena Kagan would rule on specific issues, but should focus broadly on whether she has the qualities of a good judge.

"Just to ask questions to try to figure out how the judge would rule on a specific question seems to me a rather short-term exercise," he said, responding to a question from an audience member. "What you should ask is whether the judge has the temperament, the commitment, the character, the learning to assume those responsibilities."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/14/anthony-kennedy-kagan-sho_n_576745.html

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He's already a Kagan-booster, it seems.



Hmmmm...

[BootinUp]

1. This sounds encouraging. He is right too. nt

[CLANG]

2. He's right! k/r/nt