New Stanek poll: Will Republicans filibuster Kagan’s nomination? Will she be confirmed?
I have a new poll question up (bottom right side of home page):
Two part question: Do you think Republicans will filibuster the nomination of Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court? Either way, do you think she’ll ultimately be confirmed?
Regarding last week’s question, the overwhelming majority of you are excited about the upcoming 2010 elections!…
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Jun.26, 2010 10:48 am |
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Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
If ever there was a nominee to the SCOTUS who warranted being vigorously opposed on the basis of her past statements it is Elena Kagan.
A filibuster would not be out of order, but the wiser course of action might be to stall the hearings and/or the vote til after the November elections.
Right now the mood of the country at large and and with likely voters is definately against liberals and for conservatives.
I cannot see a filibuster harming the Senator(s) who particpate or even harming republicans or any other non-incumbent in the november elections.
It would be great theatre and a grand stage to contrast liberalism and conservatism as well as the writings of the founding fathers.
Memorial Day?
I’m thinking she’ll be confirmed. But if not, maybe President Obama can nominate someone we (the left) like even more. That would be grand.
Hey you know what would be great? A justice that had at least presided over traffic court! Elena Kagan is way out of her league, just like someone else who is in way over his head.
Excellent points Ninek, on both accounts. My prayer is that both of these individuals will have their eyes and hearts opened to the atrocities of so-called “reproductive freedom”, pro-choice and a woman’s “right to choose” which has resulted in over 50 million dead baies thrown away as medical waste.
Jennifer, whoops, I cut and pasted the intro from another poll… Memorial Day, in case you couldn’t figure that one out… :) Thanks, fixing.
I agree, Ninek – the Supreme Court should not be where you get to begin your career as a judge.
I have no idea if Kagan is going to get confirmed – since the oil spill, I haven’t seen or heard much news or commentary about Kagan, so I’m not sure what people are thinking.
Posted by: Hal at June 26, 2010 6:31 PM
“I’m thinking she’ll be confirmed. But if not, maybe President Obama can nominate someone we (the left) like even more. That would be grand.”
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The annointed one could resurect Chairman Mao or Papa Joe Stalin, Pol Pot or Even George the baby killer Tiller and nominate them to the SCOTUS.
Unlike the presidencey, there is no requirement to be a natural born US citizen, or even a naturalized citizen.
b.o. could even nominate Hugo Chavez or Mahmoud Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Leftist would support Idi Amin, if he had a ‘d’ for democRAT beside his name.
Obama could nominate Osama. They have much more in common than just the sound of their names.
Of course Osama would have to come out of the coset and confess to the world that he is a homosexual who avocates elective abortion on demand, amnesty for aliens such as Obama who are in the country illegally, government funded health care for the whole planet paid for soley by U. S. taxpayers and confiscation of all carbon emitting devices.
Now, “That would be grand” for leftists.
Posted by: ninek at June 26, 2010 6:51 PM
“Elena Kagan is way out of her league, just like someone else who is in way over his head.”
You mean like this:
No worry. The Republicans are still not ready to lead. While they certainly do represent the best hope of breaking the back of the liberal/socialist agenda this coming November, nevertheless the Republicans continue to show a lack of steely determination on issues and matters where it actually takes some backbone to stand up against the media/government complex.
Hopefully we will be pleasantly surprised come November 3 and Rep. Boehner as the new Speaker of the House will agressively pursue all means at his disposal to strike at the heart of political corruption that is threatening our liberties.
But for now Kagan is just another one of those matters where the prevailing winds are being perceived as not quite strong enough to justify the Republicans sticking their necks out, and so look for a half-hearted opposition to Kagan–just enough to show they tried.
People like Senator Hatch and other entrenched lifers are the big problem. They think they see the big picture and thus are willing to take two steps back to go one step forward. Unfortunately for us the other side always wants two or even three steps forward before taking one step back.
You guys want a lit of Supreme Court justices who never served as a judge before their nomination?
You guys like Scalia, right? Here’s his view:
“When I first came to the Supreme Court, three of my colleagues had never been a federal judge,” said Scalia who joined the Court in 1986 after being nominated by President Reagan. “William Rehnquist came to the Bench from the Office of Legal Counsel. Byron White was Deputy Attorney General. And Lewis Powell who was a private lawyer in Richmond and had been president of the American Bar Association.”
“Currently, there is nobody on the Court who has not served as a judge –indeed, as a federal judge — all nine of us,” he continued. “. . . I am happy to see that this latest nominee is not a federal judge – and not a judge at all.”
Jerry,
Thank God, it appears we have a few female, up and coming Republicans with steely determination. It would be good for more of them to throw their hats in the race. Ladies??
I don’t know a lot about Kagan, but she seems to be someone that no one is passionate about, either for or against.
Hal,
Come on man.
Kagan’s lack of judicial experience is the least the things that make her unsuitable to serve on the SCOTUS.
Her view of the constitution as a ‘living document’ and her leftist activist proclivities and former and current associations should give pause for thought for every American citizen and b.o.
The POTUS is authorized to nominate anyone he/she chooses to the SCOTUS but the U. S. Senate is not obligated to rubber stamp the confirmation of his nominees.
It is called ‘checks and balances’ and ‘separation of powers’.
If the U.S. Senate should refuse to confirm Kagan then it is possible that b.o. could nominate someone worse.
We went through two Clinton nominees for Attorney General before the U. S. Senate confirmed Janet Reno.
Reno gave us the Waco nightmare and the Elien Gonzales debacle.
It seems they’re is no shortage of incompetent leftists.
Thank you for sharing it with us
Ken, I never said the US Senate couldn’t reject the nomination. I also don’t recall saying anything wonderful about Ms. Kagan.
I was responding to comments like this:
“Hey you know what would be great? A justice that had at least presided over traffic court! Elena Kagan is way out of her league, just like someone else who is in way over his head.
Posted by: ninek at June 26, 2010 6:51 PM”
Hal,
I am coming up to NW Washington in couple of weeks. My flight is into SEA/TAC.
I bet you a bottle of Merlot and a good ribeye steak I can cut and paste where you have said ms Kagan would make an excellent addition to the SCOTUS. That qualifies as ‘wonderful’ to me.
Janet:
I agree. We do have some great conservative women involved in politics that may in the end be the ones to save our country.
Ken, perhaps I said something along those lines. I’m currently not head over heals excited about Kagan, but she’ll do okay.
I thought you lived in Washington? Guess I misunderstood something. Hope you have a nice visit to our neck of the woods, unfortunately, I’ll be in Alaska most of July, and we’ll have to do our steak and wine dinner another time.