Justice Scalia Praises Elena Kagan’s Lack of Judicial Experience

Scalia and Kagan are certainly birds of a feather — they need to be in a more socialist/fascist country — Oh wait, that is what the U.S. is becoming….

Obama Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has been criticized by some Republican senators for lacking judicial experience.
This sentence proves the lack of any intelligence the nation and the press have about anything concerning the law. Not all democrats are for Elena Kagan becoming a justice and not every republican is against her becoming a justice. I am a republican and I am very for her. I also find it horrendous that the way this person wrote this passage, made it seem like Antonin Scalia was a democrat and therefore would choose sides in a trial. This is something that I am sure Scalia would never do. Good luck to Elena Kagan but remember that not all of America is in black and white and we don’t have to choose sides based on what we are forced to believe by some title.

jo lewis – “no experience” LOL She’s not been a judge but that doesn’t translate into lack of experience with the law. She’s written briefs for a SCOTUS judge. She’s been Solicitor General and that requires preparing and practicing before SCOTUS. You’re selling her experience way too short. I’m not a fan of Scalia but there have been previous and highly successful justices on the Court who hadn’t been judges. Let’s see how she does in the hearings before we jump to conclusions.

You know, the dearth of meaningful information about Kagan’s background is deafening, yet that doesn’t stop many from leaping to conclusions about her suitability for the role of associate supreme court justice.
Regretably, her upcoming nomination process promises to shed almost no light on her background…

I love when people use terms like “a more ‘socialist/facist’ country”. It shows how ignorant people are. Socialist is seen and generally defined as a far LEFT ideal. Fascism is seen and generally defined as a far RIGHT ideal. However, somehow, every idiot who watches fox news and/or listens to rush limbaugh manages to describe the President using BOTH of those titles side by side. Wow. Simply wow.

Well Scalia is a good endorsement in my mind. I’m still kinda thrown off by the fact she’s never been married, has no kids, and has stayed put in schools all her life. But hey, if she can make sound decisions, that counts for something, obv she’s well read on the law.

If scalia likes her she’s the wrong one.

This must be driving the left bonkers.

One of our greatest Supreme Court Justices, William Rehnquist, had never been a judge before sitting on the supreme court. The reason we have nine judges is so that important issues can be comprehensively analyzed. Every issue of society is ultimately subject to their jurisdiction. We want people who can enlighten each other.
Furthermore, great supreme courts are those which reach a consensus. That was the power of the Warren Court. A 9-0 decision decides the matter. We need a consensus builder that leads to larger majority opinions. A united court will lead to more certainty and stabilty and less litigation. When issue groups see a 4-4+1 decision they are encouraged to promote devisive litigation instead of focusing on non legal political solutions.

every idiot who watches fox news and/or listens to rush limbaugh manages to describe the President using BOTH of those titles side by side
Posted by: OFE
but of course, ..
brought to by the same folks who rant about birth certificates, death panels, and secret FEMA camps..as well as those who write notes on their hand

I wish Justice Scalia and his colleagues on the court would bring their knowledge and divergent philosophies regarding the law and the constitution to the general public via discussion and debate. C-span provides a venue on occasion with profiles of the justices or presentations for the legal community. The law may be an ass, but it can be a very interesting ass.
As regards Miss Kagan, it’s time for a Stevens/Soute conversion, only to the enlightened side.

You can bet the next time Scalia wants his car fixed he picks up a homeless person at randon because of his lack of experience? What a Stupid statement hire a Judge because they have no experience. We did that with a President and see what we got a Dullard with a degree.

When a majority of the ‘experienced judges’ on the Supreme Court decide the Constitution supports the idea of “a well-regulated militia”, by giving every person, citizen or not, sane or not, the right to bear “arms”, or that corporations are ‘persons’ whose CEO’s can freely use shareholder’s money to corrupt elections, it’s time to get more brains on the Court who can reason – not just make rulings based on misguided ideology.
Ms. Kagan has enough brains and legal experience to have garnered respect from many quarters and should be allowed to serve her country without being harassed about why she never married.