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Miguel Estrada: Confirm Kagan
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus May 15, 2010 04:02pm |
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| Category | Endorsement |
| Author | JOSH GERSTEIN |
| News Date | Saturday, May 15, 2010 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A prominent Republican lawyer whose failed judicial nomination during the Bush Administration became a cause célèbre for conservatives, Miguel Estrada, is urging the Senate to confirm President Barack Obama's newest nominee for the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan.
In a letter Friday, Estrada touted Kagan’s qualifications, calling her views “firmly center-left” and “well within the mainstream of current legal thought.”
“Elena possesses a formidable intellect, an exemplary temperament and a rare ability to disagree with others without being disagreeable,” Estrada wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.). “If such a person, who has demonstrated great intellect, high accomplishments and an upright life, is not easily confirmable, I fear we will have reached a point where no capable person will readily accept a nomination for judicial service.”
“One could readily identify members of the current Senate majority, including several who serve on the Judiciary Committee, who, when the previously assessed the judicial nominees of the other party earnestly articulated many of the same objections that doubtless will be raised against Elena (such as a lack of judicial experience, a perceived absence of a ‘paper trail,’ or whether the nominee’s views truly are in the legal mainstream,” Estrada wrote. “I respectfully submit that it brings no credit to our government, and risks affirmative harm to our courts, when our elected representatives simply swap talking points…only to revert to their former arguments as soon as electoral fortunes turn.” |
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