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How does Elena Kagan see America?s place in the world? Why the Senate needs to ask some hard questions

By Alliance Alert

Jeremy Rabkin writing at the Heritage Foundation: "What are Elena Kagan?s views on foreign policy? What does she think about America?s role in the world? At one time, such questions would have seemed irrelevant, if not impudent, for a Supreme Court nominee. Not anymore. Recent Supreme Court decisions, and commonly expressed views among commentators, seem to embrace a new role for international institutions, foreign practices, and foreign opinion in shaping American law. Although very little is known about Kagan?s judicial philosophy, or her opinions on great constitutional issues, her record, such as it is, cries out for questioning on these matters. It remains unlikely that Kagan will jeopardize her confirmation by giving forthright answers to such questions. But Senators should not pass up the opportunity to put her on the spot by pressing for clear and direct responses to fundamental questions about her judicial philosophy. Here are particularly compelling reasons to raise these questions with Elena Kagan."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 25, 2010 (boomark / email).