On Monday, President Barack Obama nominated solicitor general Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. Kagan’s nomination has raised eyebrows among progressives. Despite a long career in legal academia, Kagan has published very little. She seems to have studiously avoided taking a stand on almost any controversial issue. Ruth Coniff of the Progressive calls the Kagan pick “a triumph of the bland.”
Weekly Pulse: SCOTUS Nominee Kagan a Cipher on Choice |
| By: TheMediaConsortium Wednesday May 12, 2010 9:21 am |
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Why Elena Kagan? |
| By: davisfleetwood Monday May 10, 2010 11:56 am |
While we know very little about Kagan, we do know one key difference between regressives and progressives: Regressives, sometime referred to as conservatives in polite company, actually have a voice in the Republican Party. And, when given the opportunity to appoint a judge onto the Supreme Court, the regressives have no problem nominating right wing lunatic activists judges like Sam Alito & John Roberts with a long paper trial.
Know Your Cabinet Level Departments: DOJ – Part One |
| By: Bill Egnor Thursday October 8, 2009 12:30 pm |
It struck me as a good idea to go over what all the departments within the Cabinet do and their sub-departments. This is the first on the DoJ.
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