Jul 21 2010
Graham Votes for Kagan Nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday gave their approval to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. The vote in favor was 12-7 with every Democrat giving her the nod along with Lindsey Graham, the only Republican on the committee to do so. Graham is already getting massacred by the conservatives for his decision. He explains himself in the video below and I agree with him. Barack Obama is the president and he has the authority to pick whoever he wants. Personally, I don’t think Kagan should be on the court. She will not uphold the principles of limited government which were the foundation of the Constitution, but when people elected Obama that isn’t what they chose.
Furthermore, it makes no sense for Republicans to vote against Kagan or filibuster her. Even if they were to be successful in blocking her nomination, which they wouldn’t, Obama’s next nominee would be someone just as radical and we’d be playing through this whole political football all over again. Conservatives who also support a filibuster of Kagan should bear this in mind. If the GOP filibusters her, the Democrats will most certainly return the favor for the next Republican president.
Wrong. With a more Republican Senate coming in a few months, Obama would be forced to send a LESS radical nominee up. Kagan’s views on the 1st and 2nd amendments are downright scary. No president has carte blanche on appointments. Any Senator doing his job should fully exercise his advice and consent role, and any loony left nutjob like Kagan needs to be voted against and fillibustered.
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Bane Windlow Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 3:33 pm
They would never be able to sustain a filibuster because the Maine women would never support one.
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Kagan’s most threatening feature is her ability to create consent. The same way Clinton is so hated because he succeeded at triangulating ideas like Welfare Reform and getting them done. Didn’t make the left happy, didn’t make the right happy (stole their idea) and he succeeded in getting it done by moving to the middle. That’s what Kagan will do. Y’all are upset with Lindsay for voting based on ideas, rather than sticking with the team.
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Kagan is not someone to move to the middle. She will be the most hardcore socialist on the court.
Senator Coburn had much better argued reasons to vote against Kagan:
http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/231197/her-own-words-kagan-will-violate-her-oath/sen-tom-coburn
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dale Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 8:41 am
Coburn is an ideologue as are you. And both your and his opinion is based on who Kagan IS, only how you, with the positions you hold politically, perceive she MAY be. Neither of you have enough information to base your opinions on but can apparently draw firm and strong conclusions based on what little information you have (you most likely read someone elses’ opinion or, more likely, formd your opinion without really considering any information at all and would oppose anyone who Obama might nominate), and do so with assurity. Pathatic political hackery.
Roberts has already proven himself as lying to congress with his positions in the court (see: stare decisis). He should be brought up on charges.
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[...] As I said before, there are certain battles you fight and others you don’t. The Kagan nomination isn’t one of them. The Democrats have 59 seats in the Senate, plus a few of the moderate Yankees who have already given Kagan their blessing, so the numbers are more than there for confirmation and they have enough to break a filibuster. Attempting to filibuster Kagan would be absurd and it would only backfire on the Republican Party and the Democrats would undoubtedly return the favor the next time a Republican president nominates a Supreme Court justice. If they want to vote against her in an up and down vote, that’s fine. [...]
Very disappointed that he turned into a Rhino.
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