For several grueling hours each day, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan (upper photo) sits at a witness table, facing a phalanx of questioners grilling her about constitutional law, her views of legal issues and what qualifies her to be a justice.
They are not polite.
It's all a rehearsal for Kagan's big performance next week during her confirmation hearings at the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Since she is said to be the least qualified Supreme Court candidate in modern times, she will need all the help she can get.
Can Elena Kagan, who has never been a judge at any level, be confirmed?
If Sonia Sotomayor (lower picture) can make it to the Supreme Court anybody can.
Sotomayor’s detractors pointed to her thin résumé and that many of her rulings were overturned. In fact, 60% of her challenged rulings were overturned by the Supreme Court.
Now Mr. Obama has selected a candidate with literally no résumé at all.
Not only has Elena Kagan never been a judge, she has left a miniscule trace of her presence as a lawyer and a legal analyst.
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Ms. Kagan had a ready reply to the first question: “My position? I’m out in left field of course.”
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