Comparisons are always a great way to show how differently the Old Media treats conservative and leftist politicians in America today and Obama’s nomination of the Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court gives us another opportunity to see the
Newt Gingrich is among those who have noted a serious chink in the protective armor the Obama administration and Elena Kagan’s other defenders have tried to throw up around her Supreme Court nomination. The vulnerability has taken on increased importance
This doesn’t qualify as much of a revelation since administrative law is Elena Kagan’s primary area of expertise, and one of her few items of legal scholarship is a frequently cited 2001 article entitled “Presidential Administration“. But imagine the outcry
The first amendment to the United States Constitution is so profoundly important that it permeates nearly every sector of our society. Clearly, America’s forefathers deemed the contents of this primary amendment so essential that it was perfectly positioned to precede
A third instance of Elena Kagan opposing Americans’ Second Amendment right to own a gun became public Thursday, ensuring gun rights will be a major issue in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. It also confirms that President Obama’s gun-control agenda
Elena Kagan may be hostile to the view that the 2ndAmendment to the Constitution protects American’s individual right to keep and bear arms. Bloomberg reports today, “Kagan Was ‘Not Sympathetic’ as Law Clerk to Gun-Rights Argument.” With the evidence presented
The late William F. Buckley, Jr., once famously observed that he would rather be governed by the first 2,000 names in the Boston phone book than by the entire faculty of Harvard. Buckley was prescient and correct about many things,
From Mediaite: Andrew Breitbart was back on Dylan Ratigan’s MSNBC show this afternoon to talk about Elena Kagan. Last appearance saw the debut of “jovial and measured Andrew,” while today it was all about the “irony mustache.” “What exactly is
So some gay groups are upset over a photo the Wall Street Journal ran of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan: It was also a picture we ran on Monday. It’s of her playing softball. The beef? That the shot is
Writing in Reason, Jacob Sullum‘s got this one dead right: Last month New York Times legal writer Adam Liptak said two recent Supreme Court cases “suggest that the Roberts Court is prepared to adopt a robustly libertarian view of the
I have been perusing the paper trail for SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan, but most of it is mere puffery written for the purposes of a future nomination. I will continue to examine her record and analyze her work (because politicians
CBS News: While the White House seems to believe the American people deserve to hear from Kagan, it has not made her available to reporters. That prompted some consternation at today’s White House briefing. “It appears that Solicitor General Kagan
“When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public.” Elena
NY Times: In settling on Ms. Kagan, the president chose a well-regarded 50-year-old lawyer who served as a staff member in all three branches of government and was the first woman to be dean of Harvard Law School. If confirmed,
In 2005, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced her retirement. President Bush (with the oh-so-“helpful” suggestion from Democrat Harry Reid) then named White House Counsel Harriet Miers as his choice to replace her. A firestorm erupted. Critics on the
Today, President Obama is expected to announce the nomination of Harriet Miers Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. The only interesting question is how big of a supporting role the media chooses to play.
