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Obama Supreme Court nominee gets mixed Ohio reaction
President Barack Obama’s nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, May 10, got a mixed reaction from Ohio officeholders, including the state’s two U.S. senators.
“I look forward to meeting Elena Kagan and exploring her judicial philosophy and relevant background in academia and government to determine if she is fit to serve,” Republican Sen. George Voinovich said in a press release.
Kagan’s lack of judicial experience means the Senate Judiciary Committee and full Senate need the “requisite time for an exhaustive review of her record,” said Voinovich.
Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, who like Voinovich would have to vote on the nomination if it gets to the Senate floor, was more upbeat.
“Elena Kagan’s diverse background has given her a unique understanding of how the law affects every-day Americans. I look forward to a thorough confirmation process that will allow us to learn more about Solicitor General Kagan’s perspective and record,” Brown said in a press release.
He said that he hoped she would “rectify the recent judicial activism which produced the Citizens United decision, overturning a century of jurisprudence to give large corporations too big a voice in our elections.”
U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester, who has no vote on the nomination, was critical.
“Given her lack of judicial experience or time spent as a practicing lawyer, other aspects of her record must be thoroughly examined, including her troubling decision to ban United States Armed forces recruiters from Harvard Law School,” Boehner said in a press release.
The two major party candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in this year’s election also were divided.
Republican Rob Portman, the former Cincinnati-area U.S. House member, took a wait-and-see approach in his press release:
‘I am hopeful that she will make clear that she will not legislate from the bench and will instead be guided by the Constitution.”
Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, the Democratic candidate for Senate, praised Kagan in his prepared statement:
“She brings outstanding qualifications and a deep understanding of constitutional law to the Court.”
The winner of the Senate race will replace Voinovich, who is retiring.
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By Philman
May 15, 2010 8:31 AM | Link to this
Why is worldnetdaily.com the only place you can read her college Thesis, where she laments that this country is not Socialist enough to suit her, sounds like a perfect choice for Obama,
By hakko
May 13, 2010 10:38 AM | Link to this
My only concern with her not having been a judge is it makes it very difficult to understand how she may rule on cases. This could be a good thing if it were not for the increasingly political slant of appointed justices over the last couple of decades.
By Democialist
May 12, 2010 7:44 PM | Link to this
Who cares if she don’t know nothing about courts and stuff. She’s not a Republitard and that’s all that matters. At least she’ll obey our president - unlike the Republitards and rush Limbaugh. They just need to shut up and do as they are told.
By mort
May 12, 2010 6:23 PM | Link to this
Strange…THAT Supreme Court history has a JUSTICE who played football with NO experience as a judge…AN yet served on the Supreme Court. In fact, there were many times that the judges on the supreme court didn’t even have a LAW DEGREE. KAGAN taught, learned and was a dean at one of the BEST law schools in USA. Shouldn’t we get folks with different experiences on this court or NOT!!!
By Stephen
May 11, 2010 10:15 PM | Link to this
William Renquist was a fine judge and he didnt have any judicial experience before being appointed to the Supreme Court either.
By Ben Dover
May 11, 2010 9:10 AM | Link to this
It’s a good thing Obummer is reading the history books. He reminds me of Caligula, a Roman emperor who nominated his horse for the Senate. Obama just did the same thing by nominating somebody with the same amount of experience of being a Judge as a horse
By taxpayer
May 10, 2010 12:42 PM | Link to this
He should just play golf or shoot some hoops anything else is just plain bad for AMERICA………..