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Analysis and Commentary

Kagan nomination shows process trumps experience

by David Davenportvia San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, May 16, 2010

President Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to replace Justice John Paul Stevens is frustrating on several levels...

Analysis and Commentary

America 101 With Dean Obama

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Saturday, May 15, 2010

America is now a campus, and Obama is our Dean...

In the News

Obama Supreme Court pick gets endorsements -- from conservatives

with Michael McConnellvia Oval (USA Today)
Friday, May 14, 2010

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan continues to rack up endorsements -- including some from prominent conservatives...

In the News

Conservative friends rise in support of Kagan

with Michael McConnellvia Associated Press
Friday, May 14, 2010

Conservative lawyers and academics are voicing support for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, praise that could soften criticism from the right and provide cover for any Republican senators inclined to vote for her nomination...

In the News

Liu Nomination Advances

with Michael McConnellvia Caucus (New York Times)
Thursday, May 13, 2010

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Goodwin Liu to be a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco...

Analysis and Commentary

Off Target On Off-Label Drugs

by Henry I. Millervia Forbes
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Perhaps via the judiciary, society must balance safety with the right of patients and their physicians to make decisions about medical therapies...

In the News

Kagan's role against military recruitment studied

with Edwin Meese IIIvia Associated Press
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III, chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think thank, said Kagan's actions at Harvard raise important legal questions...

Analysis and Commentary

Finding the Right Balance on Gene Patents

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Financial Times
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Will the US Supreme Court further cut back on the scope of patent protection? That’s the question courts and commentators alike are askling as they await the Court’s decision in the Bilski case, which deals with business method patents...

Analysis and Commentary

Kagan's Critics Haven't Won Their Case

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Daily Beast
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

It’s wrong to judge a Supreme Court nominee on one issue. And she may not be a great scholar. But so what? Libertarian Richard Epstein finds for the defendant...

In the News

A Pragmatic New Yorker on a Careful Path to Washington

with Richard A. Epsteinvia New York Times
Monday, May 10, 2010

Elena Kagan has been all of these things, charting a careful and, some might say, calculated path — never revealing too much of herself, never going too far out on a political limb — that has led her to the spot she occupies today...

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