With the retirement of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the question once again rose: Who will President Obama select to replace Justice Stevens?
Names were brought up, and just today, it became official; the President chose his Solicitor General, Elena Kagan, to be his second Supreme Court appointment.
Calvin Freiburger, writing at NewsRealBlog, has a thorough post on Elena Kagan, and I must say it's the biggest non-story of the year so far, as far as I'm concerned.
Remembering the President's first appointment, Sonia Sotomayor, I expected, for his next appointment, he would choose someone who is both a leftist and a judicial activist. The only fighting I expect from this appointment will be the Left defending Kagan because as a judge, she has empathy, and the Right will oppose her because she won't make any rulings with the Constitution in mind. In other words, to borrow from Mr. Freiburger, Elena Kagan is “A Cookie-Cutter Leftist Nominee”.
Does anybody expect anything different from this recent appointment? All I can say is if Elena Kagan doesn't get confirmed, that'll be a big enough surprise.
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