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I am growing confident Elena Kagan will be Prez Obama's SCOTUS nominee...

By Douglas A. Berman

because the folks at SCOTUSblog now have posted here a nearly 10,000-word commentary, which discusses "the most significant aspects of Elena Kagan?s experience and writings as they relate to the Supreme Court [and] various criticisms that have been raised against Kagan, including with respect to her views on the military (supposedly too liberal) and executive power (supposedly too conservative), as well as the prospect that she will be required to recuse from a substantial number of cases early in her tenure on the Court." I would be quite surprised if the shrewd folks at SCOTUSblog would put up this comprehensive treatment of Kagan if she was not very likely to be named in the next few days by President Obama.  I suppose it is possible that the intense discussion of Kagan the last few days is just a ball fake by the Prez before he drives to the rim with a different nominee...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 09, 2010 (boomark / email).