Kagan Hearts Obamacare

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From Newsroom America:

Calls are increasing for Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to recuse herself from the high court's consideration of whether key provisions of a health care reform law are constitutional because she once defended it as solicitor general for the Obama administration.

Such calls increased Tuesday following publication of email traffic between Kagan, who was then the U.S. Solicitor General, and Harvard Law Prof. Laurence Tribe, who was then serving in the Justice Department. In an email exchange with Tribe, Kagan writes enthusiastically about passage of the health care legislation in the House of Representatives March 21, 2010.

"I hear they have the votes, Larry!! Simply amazing," Kagan wrote, according to email traffic obtained by CNSNews.com through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Should Justice Kagan recuse herself? How can she really suggest she is "impartial" when she cheered like a teenage girl for the bill's passage?

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From Newsroom America:

Calls are increasing for Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to recuse herself from the high court's consideration of whether key provisions of a health care reform law are constitutional because she once defended it as solicitor general for the Obama administration.

Such calls increased Tuesday following publication of email traffic between Kagan, who was then the U.S. Solicitor General, and Harvard Law Prof. Laurence Tribe, who was then serving in the Justice Department. In an email exchange with Tribe, Kagan writes enthusiastically about passage of the health care legislation in the House of Representatives March 21, 2010.

"I hear they have the votes, Larry!! Simply amazing," Kagan wrote, according to email traffic obtained by CNSNews.com through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Should Justice Kagan recuse herself? How can she really suggest she is "impartial" when she cheered like a teenage girl for the bill's passage?

nonsense

Should anti abortion judges recuse themselves from any abortion cases?

Judges are people, they have personal feelings. You hope that they can put those feelings aside and look at each case based on merit and law.

Plus, I'd say Clarence Thomas recieving 1.6 million dollars from anti health care groups is much more concerning. 

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nonsense

Should anti abortion judges recuse themselves from any abortion cases?

Judges are people, they have personal feelings. You hope that they can put those feelings aside and look at each case based on merit and law.

Plus, I'd say Clarence Thomas recieving 1.6 million dollars from anti health care groups is much more concerning.  

Every judge has an ideology. That's not the issue. Kagan cheered for the passage of a specific bill that she is now going to preside over.

I hadn't heard that Clarence Thomas accepted $1.6 million from "anti health care groups" (who opposes health care? Christian Scientists?). That sounds like a bribe, and if true, he should not only recuse himself, he should be removed from office.

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dumbass talking point.

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Its really no different than Obama suddenly becoming a SC Justice and hearing the case. She was his solicitor general during the time they were drafting the bill, so is she going to say she gave bad advice as to the constitutionality of the bill she helped formulate? No.

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nonsense

Should anti abortion judges recuse themselves from any abortion cases?

Judges are people, they have personal feelings. You hope that they can put those feelings aside and look at each case based on merit and law.

Plus, I'd say Clarence Thomas recieving 1.6 million dollars from anti health care groups is much more concerning.  

Every judge has an ideology. That's not the issue. Kagan cheered for the passage of a specific bill that she is now going to preside over.

I hadn't heard that Clarence Thomas accepted $1.6 million from "anti health care groups" (who opposes health care? Christian Scientists?). That sounds like a bribe, and if true, he should not only recuse himself, he should be removed from office.

did you read the story you linked?

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nonsense

Should anti abortion judges recuse themselves from any abortion cases?

Judges are people, they have personal feelings. You hope that they can put those feelings aside and look at each case based on merit and law.

Plus, I'd say Clarence Thomas recieving 1.6 million dollars from anti health care groups is much more concerning.  

Every judge has an ideology. That's not the issue. Kagan cheered for the passage of a specific bill that she is now going to preside over.

I hadn't heard that Clarence Thomas accepted $1.6 million from "anti health care groups" (who opposes health care? Christian Scientists?). That sounds like a bribe, and if true, he should not only recuse himself, he should be removed from office.

did you read the story you linked?

Yes. And you obviously didn't read the story very carefully.

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this part idiot

Thomas failed to report on disclosure forms $1.6 million his wife Virginia received from conservative anti-health care reform groups.

and don't give me any "that was his wife" bullshit

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she has a history of recusing herrself from cases she was involved with as Solicitor General so it will be interesting to see how she handles this case.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/10/04/elena-kagan-recuses-self-in-25-cases-as-supreme-courts-fall-ses/

Huff post related so FSD will not approve

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this part idiot

Thomas failed to report on disclosure forms $1.6 million his wife Virginia received from conservative anti-health care reform groups.

and don't give me any "that was his wife" bullshit

That was his wife. and much of the lobbying work was done for these groups during the Bush administration.

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She will recuse, if she doesn't she likely get removed from the bench for being so clueless as to her own code of ethics.  It's a conflict, plain and simple.


The CT talking point is beyond Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) and nothing but a bunch of libs looking for smoke when there is none.  It's not a conflict under any interp of judicial prof resp.  Sorry, libs.  I would actually think the ACLU would be out bashing the people saying it is.  What, is a woman supposed to stay in the home and not work?  Was she supposed to know 10 years ago that that in 10 years her husband would be forced to rule on a law passed by Congress and the POTUS that was so terribly written and so intrusive on society that it actually makes it to the SCOTUS on constitutional grounds?  GMAFB people.  Think for once in your life.

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She will recuse, if she doesn't she likely get removed from the bench for being so clueless as to her own code of ethics.  It's a conflict, plain and simple.


The CT talking point is beyond Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) and nothing but a bunch of libs looking for smoke when there is none.  It's not a conflict under any interp of judicial prof resp.  Sorry, libs.  I would actually think the ACLU would be out bashing the people saying it is.  What, is a woman supposed to stay in the home and not work?  Was she supposed to know 10 years ago that that in 10 years her husband would be forced to rule on a law passed by Congress and the POTUS that was so terribly written and so intrusive on society that it actually makes it to the SCOTUS on constitutional grounds?  GMAFB people.  Think for once in your life.

Agree with all of this, except that Kagan will not recuse, nor will she be removed. It's just another embarrassment for the liberal justices. I think the e-mail is amusing, more than anything. I mean, people such as Tribe and Kagan are clearly quite intelligent, yet they have these ridiculously naive exchanges in their private communications. My favorite part was the subject line of the e-mail: "Keep your fingers and toes crossed" or something like that. "Oh LArry, can ya believe it? THEY'VE GOT THE VOTES! Oh blessed day! All will be well!"