Kagan Nomination
Dear Senator Feinstein,
Although you voted to move Elena Kagan's nomination forward to the entire Senate, it's not too late for you to join Ben Nelson in rejecting Ms. Kagan when her nomination is presented.
She has no judicial experience! Zip, zero, nada, rien! No matter how you spin it, the former Solicitor General has never been a judge yet you support her for a LIFETIME APPOINTMENT to SCOTUS? Madame Senator, I just re-read your clear and concise statement on Prop 19. There's no spin there so why the spin regarding Kagan?
My previous emails regarding Kagan's lack of judicial experience were met with deft changes of subject: Shifting to Kagan's academic record, inadvertently exposes her intellectual dishonesty at Harvard (blocking military recruiters) which added to her lack of judicial experience, just makes her even more unappealing as a SCOTUS Justice.
Finally - the court is lacking in religious and academic diversity, IF Kagan's nomination proceeds, that will leave the court with only one justice who didn't attend Yale or Harvard. When RBG retires, that will leave the court with a very narrow view. Not to fault either Yale or Harvard but, there's a need for diversity of academic experience and viewpoint. The court should reflect America. Not everyone attends Yale and Harvard: There are at least a dozen equally rigorous and esteemed law programs in the U.S. Shouldn't we include someone from Duke? Stanford? Georgetown? How about NYU?
Additionally, IF Kagan's nomination proceeds, that will leave the court with only one justice who doesn't have a Jewish or Catholic background. While one's religous experience shouldn't matter; I'm not comfortable believing that a justice's religious leanings don't influence their decisions.
In your case Senator - the perception is not good. Your online biographies claim that attending a Jewish Temple and a Roman Catholic School in your youth "cultivated (in her) a deep respect for religious diversity". I don't see that Senator Feinstein - The Court looks like a Jewish/Catholic monolith to me. American Protestants outnumber Catholics by 2-1 and only 2% of the population claims Judaism as their faith and what about Atheists?
Please don't take this out of context - I'm only making a point: SCOTUS does not currently reflect the diversity of this country. According to all sources - you are a staunch supporter of diversity in all things but, not the court apparently nor the diversity of overall SCOTUS viewpoint.
Senator Feinstein, your non-acknowledgement of this deficit is stunning.
Please vote NO on Kagan's nomination.
Sincerely, etc.
Although you voted to move Elena Kagan's nomination forward to the entire Senate, it's not too late for you to join Ben Nelson in rejecting Ms. Kagan when her nomination is presented.
She has no judicial experience! Zip, zero, nada, rien! No matter how you spin it, the former Solicitor General has never been a judge yet you support her for a LIFETIME APPOINTMENT to SCOTUS? Madame Senator, I just re-read your clear and concise statement on Prop 19. There's no spin there so why the spin regarding Kagan?
My previous emails regarding Kagan's lack of judicial experience were met with deft changes of subject: Shifting to Kagan's academic record, inadvertently exposes her intellectual dishonesty at Harvard (blocking military recruiters) which added to her lack of judicial experience, just makes her even more unappealing as a SCOTUS Justice.
Finally - the court is lacking in religious and academic diversity, IF Kagan's nomination proceeds, that will leave the court with only one justice who didn't attend Yale or Harvard. When RBG retires, that will leave the court with a very narrow view. Not to fault either Yale or Harvard but, there's a need for diversity of academic experience and viewpoint. The court should reflect America. Not everyone attends Yale and Harvard: There are at least a dozen equally rigorous and esteemed law programs in the U.S. Shouldn't we include someone from Duke? Stanford? Georgetown? How about NYU?
Additionally, IF Kagan's nomination proceeds, that will leave the court with only one justice who doesn't have a Jewish or Catholic background. While one's religous experience shouldn't matter; I'm not comfortable believing that a justice's religious leanings don't influence their decisions.
In your case Senator - the perception is not good. Your online biographies claim that attending a Jewish Temple and a Roman Catholic School in your youth "cultivated (in her) a deep respect for religious diversity". I don't see that Senator Feinstein - The Court looks like a Jewish/Catholic monolith to me. American Protestants outnumber Catholics by 2-1 and only 2% of the population claims Judaism as their faith and what about Atheists?
Please don't take this out of context - I'm only making a point: SCOTUS does not currently reflect the diversity of this country. According to all sources - you are a staunch supporter of diversity in all things but, not the court apparently nor the diversity of overall SCOTUS viewpoint.
Senator Feinstein, your non-acknowledgement of this deficit is stunning.
Please vote NO on Kagan's nomination.
Sincerely, etc.
posted by Lemmy Caution at 10:46 AM
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