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Are we ready for decades of "Roberts v. Kagan"?

By Douglas A. Berman

The question in the title of this post is inspired by this interesting commentary from Dahlia Lithwick at Slate, which asks "Will there be friction between the chief justice and Elena Kagan on the Supreme Court?". Here is how the piece starts and ends: Anyone who watched Elena Kagan's performance before the Senate judiciary committee last month saw that under the bright lights of public scrutiny, she is quick-witted, conversational, and rarely cowed.  She's funny and charming, but she's not real big on deference.  And so one question that lingers, as the former solicitor general prepares to join the highest court in the land: Will those qualities help or hurt Elena Kagan in the darkened marble halls of the Supreme Court? Kagan already has some history at the court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 02, 2010 (boomark / email).