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Judicial Crisis Network 3

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President Obama foundhis rubber stamp in ElenaKagan, a nominee whohas never been a judge on

any court, federal or state,trial or appellate. Kaganslack of relevant experienceis so glaring that it hasprompted comparisons toHarriet Miers, the Bushnominee who was attackedby Republicans for herinexperience and inscru-

tability and by Democratsfor being too close to thePresident.


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4 Elena Kagan: Inexperienced Rubber Stamp

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John Roberts 0 12 11 2

Stephen Breyer 13 0 6 13

Ruth Bader Ginsburg 19 0 2 13

Clarence Thomas 0 2 14 1

David Souter 0 2 10 12

Anthony Kennedy 22 14 0 13

Antonin Scalia 12 7 6 4

Sandra Day O'Connor 0 8 14 6

William Rehnquist 0 15 3 0

John Paul Stevens 0 22 2 5

Averages: 5.5 7.5 7.25 8.5

Harriet Miers 0 28 6 0

Elena Kagan 14 2 7 0

LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE FOR SUPREME COURT NOMINEES

Judicial biographies obtained from the Federal Judicial Center, www.fjc.gov.

It is diffi cult to see howKagans political experi-ences and lack of judicialexperience qualify her fora seat on the SupremeCourt. Moreover, herrecord calls into doubther ability to carry out hejudicial role with fairnessand impartiality, and toserve as a constitutionalcheck at a time when thegovernment is constantlyexpanding its reach intothe lives and pocketbookof ordinary Americans.


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2 J Dk, Empathy in Academia, Slate, M 10, 2010, p://..//2253505.

Te White Houses suggestion that [Kagan] understands the lives of ordinary Ameri-cans is simply laughable. As Slates John Dickerson has written, Its just not immediatelyobvious how a graduate of Princeton who taught law at the University of Chicago andHarvard and then became dean of Harvard Law School has the common touch.


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As a member of PresidentClintons Domestic PolicyCouncil (DPC), Kaganwrote a memo supportingthe Daschle health excep-tion to the partial birthabortion ban. She arguedthat the Republican billwould be struck down bythe courts on constitu-tional grounds becausepre-viability restrictionssignificantly intrude onthe essential holding ofthe Roe v. Wade decision.

Consistent Record

of Anti-Life Advocacy

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As the lead DomesticPolicy Council staffer

on cloning issues, Ka-gan recommended thatthe President proposelegislation banningcloning for reproduc-tive purposes, butallowing it for researchpurposes.


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National Right to Life Committee: Elena Kagan is first and foremost a socialengineer, animated primarily by a desire to shape public policy on a host of issues.. . . [W]e anticipate that Ms. Kagan often will treat the U.S. Constitution not as abody of basic law that truly constrains both legislators and judges, but rather, as acookbook in which may be found legal recipes that will allow the imposition of thepolicies that Ms. Kagan deems to be justified or advisable . . .


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[Kagan] crassly suggested

following a politicallyexpedient course ratherthan the best policy simplyto antagonize the NRA:Support of the AF, asagainst proposals to trans-fer its functions to anotheragency, will not necessarilybest serve the interest of

gun law enforcement. Itis, however, an attractivepolitical position, giventhat the NRA is the AFsprincipal enemy.

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An Extreme Record

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In a memo regard-ing the VolunteerProtection Act, aimed

at protecting somenon-profit volunteersfrom legal liability,Kagan apparently tiedthe NRA to the KKKas bad guy organiza-tions that should notbe included in thelegislation.


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The Truth about Elena Kagan

and Military Recruiters at Harvard

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Even though Harvard isnot in the Tird Circuit,and despite the fact that

the Tird Circuit blockedits own ruling [that theSolomon Amendmentwas unconstitutional]from taking effect whilethe Supreme Courtreviewed it, Dean Kagandisregarded the law andimmediately reinstated

Harvards recruiting banon the basis that sheobjected to the militaryspolicy toward homosexu-als.


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Liberal commentator Peter Beinart: I think it showed bad judgment . . . . Youcan disagree with the policies of the American military; you can even hatethem, but you cant alienate yourself f rom the institution without in a certainsense alienating yourself from the country.

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29 P B, Te Problem with Elena Kagan, M 10, 2010, p://.b./b--/2010-05-10/-pb---k/.


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[U]nder Kagan, lawstudents could graduatefrom law school without

ever reading our Consti-tution, but not withouttaking a class on internallaw.


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In 2006, Kagan said that Israeli Judge Aharon Barak, one of the worldsmost aggressive proponents of judicial activism, was her judicial hero. Heis the judge who has best advanced democracy, human rights, the rule oflaw, and justice.

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Wrong on Free Speech

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Kagans refusal to considerpolitical donations speechis puzzling in contrastwith her position in herscholarly writing that nudeerotic dancing should beprotected under the FirstAmendment.


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As Chief Justice Roberts pointed out, Kagans view of the FirstAmendment would allow censorship not only of television and radiobroadcasts, but of pamphlets, posters, the Internet, and virtually anyother medium that corporations and unions might find useful in ex-pressing their views on matters of public concern.

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Elena Kagan Prefers

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especially when viewedtogether with the hold-ing last year that Congr

lacked authority to pro-hibit guns near schools,indicates a serious efforby a bare majority of theCourt to reorient the baance of power between federal government andthe States.


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A Key Vote

to Impose Same-Sex Marriage

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[W]hen the Defense ofMarriage Act was chal-lenged in a California case,Kagans offi ce wrote in abrief that this Adminis-tration does not supportDOMA as a matter ofpolicy, believes that it isdiscriminatory, and sup-ports its repeal.


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[Kagans brief] is a gift to the gay-marriage movement. . . . Te DOJ is helping

knock out a leg from under the opposition to gay marriage.


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