Liberal activists intensify attacks on Kagan as court pick nears

[IndianaGreen]

Like Bush and Cheney, Kagan believes in a unitary Presidency, the Constitution be damned! That makes Kagan an ideological clone of Scalia, and a threat to us all!

Liberal activists intensify attacks on Kagan as court pick nears

By Jon Ward - The Daily Caller | Published: 05/07/10 at 5:59 PM | Updated: 05/07/10 at 8:49 PM

Liberal legal scholars and experts stepped up their attacks Friday on Elena Kagan as a potential Supreme Court nominee, hoping to dissuade President Obama from selecting her in the last few days before an expected announcement early next week.

A group of four law professors Friday morning published a piece at Salon.com criticizing Kagan, Obama’s solicitor general, for hiring too few women and minorities when she was dean of Harvard law school.

Liberal attorney and blogger Glenn Greenwald — who has taken Kagan to task for her views on executive power and been the chief organizing force behind criticism of Kagan — promoted the column on his Twitter account and kept up a drumbeat against Kagan.

Greenwald told The Daily Caller by e-mail that he would remain opposed to Kagan if she is announced Monday as the nominee, but he thinks his best chance to derail her is prior to the announcement.

“I’ve devoted everything I can to making the case against Kagan before Obama chooses, precisely because I know that once he makes his selection, the overwhelming majority of progressives and Democrats will cheer for her even if they have no idea what she thinks or believes,” Greenwald said.

“Unless Kagan provides a clear statement of her views about the Constitution and judicial approach during the confirmation hearing — something that is unlikely in the extreme — I’ll vehemently oppose her nomination until the last vote is cast,” he said. “But the same won’t be true of most Democrats and progressives, for whom Obama’s choice will be a good one solely by virtue of the fact that it’s Obama’s choice.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/07/liberal-activists-intensify-attacks-on-kagan-as-court-pick-nears/#ixzz0nIxHHsqG

[provis99]

1. picking a solicitor-general is a joke.

As stupid an idea as when Bush decided to pick his White House Counsel as a Supreme Court nominee.

[napi21]

5. ahhh, NO! Harriett what an idiot, and there's now comparrison!

I'm still trying to figure out what some liberals have against her. The only coplaint I've read was that she didn't hire enough monorities when she was at Harverd. That doesn't sound like a reason to not be on the SC!

[scheming daemons]

2. "Liberal activists" are being stupid in this case

Kagan has a solid liberal background.

[IndianaGreen]

3. She believes in a unitary Presidency, which is what we got from Bush and Cheney

If you want another justice like Scalia that will support an absolute monarch for a President, then go ahead and undo what our Founding Fathers did so long ago!

[LittleBlue]

4. Hear, hear! Well said, and let this be a rallying cry

against this bullshit.

We have plenty of potential nominees who are 100% qualified. A "I don't wanna fight" nominee is unacceptable.

[dionysus]

6. if a clown like greenwald is against her, she's got to be good.

[IndianaGreen]

7. If Obama were to nominate Orrin Hatch, some of you would be defending the pick

Anyone that believes in a unitary Presidency is a threat to our civil liberties.

[dionysus]

8. or one could say some of you would oppose anyone he picks.

6 of one, half dozen of another.

[IndianaGreen]

10. Diane Wood would be an awesome pick!

She has stronger bona fides than Kagan, without the baggage.

[dionysus]

11. fair enough, i'd have no complaints with that.

[LittleBlue]

12. I would fully support Diane Wood, Goodwin Liu, or any of a dozen others

qualified. Just not someone who defended the Bush crime family's Gitmo detention policy.

[dumpdabaggers]

9. I want Lisa Madigan

Only 43, solid, and confirmable.

[LeftyAndProud60]

13. I hope some of the Dems vote against her. I liked Karlan. NT

[msongs]

14. obama is a conservative dem - what's the disappointment? nt

[Lorien]

15. He's just plain conservative

There's nothing "Dem" about him but the marketing.