Comments on Advance Indiana™: Obama Nominates First Lesbian To Supreme Court

AI, Whether she is gay or not is her business. ...

2010-05-11T19:05:18.684-05:00

AI,
Whether she is gay or not is her business.

Does she know the law, and is she competent to serve? That should be the only business taken up by Congress.

Yeah, that Brown v. Board was such a bad decision....

2010-05-11T12:42:11.836-05:00

Yeah, that Brown v. Board was such a bad decision.

Rehnquist actually practice law at a top flight la...

2010-05-11T08:02:39.604-05:00

Rehnquist actually practice law at a top flight law firm for many years before being appointed. I think it is important to have attorneys on the court who have actually practiced law. That is something the court is really short of right now. As Eisenhower once said, the worst mistake he ever made was appointing politician Earl Warren to the court. He completely ran away from all of his political views that got him elected AG and Governor of California and joined the liberals.

William Rehnquist, Earl Warren, and 39 other supre...

2010-05-11T07:48:10.228-05:00

William Rehnquist, Earl Warren, and 39 other supreme court justices had no judicial experience prior to their nominations to the Court. It's not that unusual.

I was hoping for Diane Wood, but maybe next time.

I believe all of the current members of the court,...

2010-05-10T22:39:20.264-05:00

I believe all of the current members of the court, as well as recent retirees, possessed judicial experience before joining the court. Other than advising President Clinton, Kagan has not really ever practiced law. You can't predict with certainty how someone like her will decide opinions once appointed to the court. She has written few law articles despite her long tenure as a law professor from which we can dissect her views. She arguably is the least qualified person nominated to the Court in the last 30 years.

Circle City News, Bush was a failure as a busine...

2010-05-10T22:27:39.642-05:00

Circle City News,

Bush was a failure as a businessman. And stealing money from local government for the Texas Rangers doesn't count.

Gary, what can you say about previous justices who...

2010-05-10T22:22:27.627-05:00

Gary, what can you say about previous justices who didn't have experience as judges? Did they lean liberal or conservative? Were their written opinions well respected in the legal community?

@Downtown Indy: Most "judges" don't ...

2010-05-10T19:52:49.873-05:00

@Downtown Indy:
Most "judges" don't have experience being a "judge" until they are selected or win an election. Good thing she was nominated for an Associate Justice position on the Supreme Court. Also, George Bush had experience running a business but was a failure of a president.

I guess a judge with no experience being a judge i...

2010-05-10T17:16:00.159-05:00

I guess a judge with no experience being a judge is no more outlandish than a president with no experience running even a small corporation.

Sorry. It's 6 and 3.

2010-05-10T16:59:29.457-05:00

Sorry. It's 6 and 3.

Five Catholics and two of the Jewish faith...that ...

2010-05-10T16:43:14.828-05:00

Five Catholics and two of the Jewish faith...that still leaves two others unaccounted for. There are of course 9 judges on the Supreme Court.

During Kagan's hearings to be confirmed as Sol...

2010-05-10T15:59:34.491-05:00

During Kagan's hearings to be confirmed as Solicitor General, the NYT paraphrased her as saying "that someone suspected of helping finance Al Qaeda should be subject to battlefield law - indefinite detention without a trial - even if he were captured in a place like the Philippines rather than a physical battle zone." What a scary woman is she, who Fox News has called 'brilliant', and I sadly suspect, both Bayh and Lugar will be quick to support her.

Yes, I exposed Miller's hypocrisy in pushing t...

2010-05-10T13:48:42.134-05:00

Yes, I exposed Miller's hypocrisy in pushing the gay marriage amendment. The guy divorced his first wife and never procreated with either of his two wives. It sort of put a big whole in his argument about protecting the sanctity of marriage, which he said was limited to opposite sex couples for the purpose of procreation.

How quickly you forget your strenuous efforts to o...

2010-05-10T13:24:37.303-05:00

How quickly you forget your strenuous efforts to out Eric Miller for his hypocrisy! Liberals have no problem with gays being private - we do have great problems with gays who demand personal privacy while in public espousing antigay positions. Rekers is a great example.

No disputing that, Glenn. I just find it interesti...

2010-05-10T12:15:24.198-05:00

No disputing that, Glenn. I just find it interesting how liberals are so anxious to out any conservative they suspect of being gay because of the hypocrisy, while they protect liberals from outing and attack those who do. If the liberals are to be believed, people should be proud and open about their sexual orientation. The only reasons to hide it is because of shame or fear of negative consequences, two things liberals profess to be combatting.

I am glad to say that I am way past the point of j...

2010-05-10T10:52:29.542-05:00

I am glad to say that I am way past the point of judging someone based on their sexual orientation. Just do the job and do it right.

Elections have consequences.... imagine that. Hop...

2010-05-10T07:40:02.139-05:00

Elections have consequences.... imagine that. Hopefully this will teach this 10-15 million conservatives who either stayed home or voted for Obama to prove they are not racist a lesson.

On the bright side, I doubt that we will see any more of these types of appointments once Obama is voted out in 2012.