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| − | '''Elena Kagan'''<ref>[http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2010/05/13/komrade-kagan/ Komrade Kagan,] By Mark Alexander · Thursday, 13 May 2010. Retrieved from the Patriot Post 15 May 2010.</ref> is currently [[Solicitor General]] of the United States, confirmed in 2009 by a vote of 61-31.<ref>[http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00107 On the Nomination (Confirmation Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General)], United States Senate</ref> She was born in 1960. | + | '''Elena Kagan'''<ref>[http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2010/05/13/komrade-kagan/ Komrade Kagan,] By Mark Alexander · Thursday, 13 May 2010. Retrieved from the Patriot Post 15 May 2010.</ref>, a [[socialist]], is currently [[Solicitor General]] of the United States, confirmed in 2009 by a vote of 61-31.<ref>[http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00107 On the Nomination (Confirmation Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General)], United States Senate</ref> She was born in 1960. |
In an April 11 column for the New Ledger, Ben Domenech stated that Elena Kagan would be the "first openly gay justice."<ref>http://newledger.com/2010/04/obamas-top-ten-supreme-court-picks/ . Under pressure to retract his statement, Domenech did not do so but did offer his "sincere apologies to Ms. Kagan if she is offended at all by my repetition of a Harvard rumor in a speculative blog post." [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-domenech/the-white-house-elena-kag_b_540633.html Huffington Post, ''The White House, Elena Kagan, and Me'', by Ben Domenech, April 16, 2010] When Kagan was nominated despite her lack of customary qualifications, Domenech reiterated his first observation.</ref> | In an April 11 column for the New Ledger, Ben Domenech stated that Elena Kagan would be the "first openly gay justice."<ref>http://newledger.com/2010/04/obamas-top-ten-supreme-court-picks/ . Under pressure to retract his statement, Domenech did not do so but did offer his "sincere apologies to Ms. Kagan if she is offended at all by my repetition of a Harvard rumor in a speculative blog post." [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-domenech/the-white-house-elena-kag_b_540633.html Huffington Post, ''The White House, Elena Kagan, and Me'', by Ben Domenech, April 16, 2010] When Kagan was nominated despite her lack of customary qualifications, Domenech reiterated his first observation.</ref> | ||
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Elena Kagan[1], a socialist, is currently Solicitor General of the United States, confirmed in 2009 by a vote of 61-31.[2] She was born in 1960.
In an April 11 column for the New Ledger, Ben Domenech stated that Elena Kagan would be the "first openly gay justice."[3]
Elena Kagan served as Dean of Harvard Law School, where she supported a censorship and banning of participation by the United States Armed Forces in recruitment that is made available to hundreds of other employers. She signed onto a law brief in 2004 urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Solomon Amendment, which placed as a condition of receipt of federal funds by institutions (including Harvard Law School) that they not discriminate against recruitment by the U.S. Armed Forces. Rumsfeld v. FAIR, Docket No. 04-1152, 2004 U.S. Briefs 1152. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected her argument by a vote of 8-0. But Harvard University continues to ban ROTC to this day.[4]
Marjorie Dannenfelser, the leader of the Susan B. Anthony List, explained that:[5]
| “ | In the past Kagan has been a strong supporter of the pro-abortion agenda. She has vigorously opposed the de-funding of taxpayer-funded clinics which promote abortions, despite the fact that a majority of Americans do not want their tax dollars to fund abortion providers. | ” |
Elena Kagan testified, at her confirmation hearing for the position of Solicitor General, in favor of the use of foreign law to interpret the U.S. Constitution.[6]
Elena Kagan's "senior thesis at Princeton raises some eyebrows, in that it apparently laments the non-existence of a viable socialist movement in the U.S."[7]
Elena Kagan's first oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court was defending the federal campaign finance law in Citizens United v. FEC. The Court rejected her argument and invalidated the law as unconstitutional.
Kagan has extensive ties to Goldman-Sachs, a financial institution under federal investigation.
References
- ↑ Komrade Kagan, By Mark Alexander · Thursday, 13 May 2010. Retrieved from the Patriot Post 15 May 2010.
- ↑ On the Nomination (Confirmation Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General), United States Senate
- ↑ http://newledger.com/2010/04/obamas-top-ten-supreme-court-picks/ . Under pressure to retract his statement, Domenech did not do so but did offer his "sincere apologies to Ms. Kagan if she is offended at all by my repetition of a Harvard rumor in a speculative blog post." Huffington Post, The White House, Elena Kagan, and Me, by Ben Domenech, April 16, 2010 When Kagan was nominated despite her lack of customary qualifications, Domenech reiterated his first observation.
- ↑ http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/service-academy-parents/724749-interesting-article-about-rotc.html
- ↑ http://www.lifenews.com/nat4932.html
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20283.html
- ↑ http://www.examiner.com/x-2581-St-Louis-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m4d10-How-Justice-Stevens-retirement-might-benefit-gun-rights