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Archive for the 'Elena Kagan' Category

The Final Word On Elena Kagan’s Sexuality

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, May 16th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Supreme Court

At least as far as I’m concerned:
How did the White House learn that Solicitor General Elena Kagan is straight?
A White House official tells ABC News that “Solicitor General Kagan volunteered the information to the White House when media reports surfaced in the pre-nomination process for the Supreme Court.”
This was on April 11 after conservative blogger [...]

Pat Buchanan Thinks There Are Too Many Jews On the Supreme Court

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, May 14th, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Elena Kagan, Supreme Court

In a column published, not surprisingly, at WorldNetDaily, Patrick J. Buchanan expresses concerns about the number of Jewish people on the Supreme Court:
[O]f the last seven justices nominated by Democrats JFK, LBJ, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, one was black, Marshall; one was Puerto Rican, Sonia Sotomayor. The other five were Jews: Arthur Goldberg, Abe [...]

Cable News Wonders: Does Playing Softball Make You A Lesbian ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, May 14th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Media, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Supreme Court

This is what “news” has been reduced to:

The only thing I learned from this video is that Pat Buchanan thinks he has very reliably GayDar.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

American Family Association Says Kagan Unqualified If She’s A Lesbian

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 10th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Dumbasses, Elena Kagan, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Supreme Court

There have been rumors about Elena Kagan’s personal life ever since her name first surfaced as the front-runner for the Supreme Court, and now the far-right American Family Association is demanding that she answer them:
Speculation continues to swirl about the sexual preference of likely Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. She is apparently out to her [...]

Obama To Pick Elena Kagan For SCOTUS

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 10th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Supreme Court

Later this morning, President Obama will announce that he has selected Elena Kagan to replace John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court:
WASHINGTON — President Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the nation’s 112th justice, choosing his own chief advocate before the Supreme Court to join it in ruling on cases critical to his [...]

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