Female deans of Harvard and Stanford law under consideration for Solicitor General.
By on Jan 2nd, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Female deans of Harvard and Stanford law under consideration for Solicitor General.
Bloomberg reports that the first female deans of the Harvard and Stanford law schools — Elena Kagan and Kathleen Sullivan — “are the top candidates to serve” as Barack Obama’s Solicitor General. No woman has ever served in that position on a permanent basis. Kagan “became a top candidate for solicitor general after being passed over for deputy attorney general, a slot set to go to Washington lawyer David Ogden.” The Solicitor General is charged with litigating on behalf of the government before the Supreme Court and determining whether lower court decisions should be appealed.
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I thunk the plural females shouldoughta be like singular Female deans, eh?
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:28 pmWhat, nobody from Bob Jones or Liberty?
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 pmIt’ll be refreshing to see an end brought to faith-based legal opinions.
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:48 pmLove a duck! I don’t know diddly about Ms Kagan, but from past appearances where I’ve seen Kathleen Sullivan, she’s got a superior legal mind that DC and the Supremes couldn’t deal with!
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:10 pmI like Kathleen Sullivan a lot and I was hoping to have her on the Supreme Court instead but she’s not a jurist and she is a lesbian, which is going to be an issue in the hearings for the right wingers. I have heard of Elena Kagan but I don’t know much about her.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:13 pmBlue387 Says:
…she is a lesbian, which is going to be an issue in the hearings for the right wingers.
That sounds awesomely entertaining. Let’s do it.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:18 pmThere are at most five minds on the Court. Thomas, Scalia, Roberts and Alita lack same.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:19 pmSorry that this is off topic, but I was/still in shock over reading this.
http://www.kcra.com/family/18398827/detail.html
“A veteran who has been out of the military for 15 years and recently received his AARP card was stunned when he received notice he will be deployed to Iraq.”
This is how Ufck Up Bush has this country!!!!! We have to call up vets that have been out of the military for 15 years to support an ILLEGAL war!
They better bring a tank to take me if they try this Hsit with me!!!!
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:24 pmfunkmonkey Says:
They better bring a tank to take me if they try this Hsit with me!!!!
Hippie draft dodger! :P
Hey, that gives me an idea. Bush used to be in the Air National Guard. So I guess that means it’s not to late to stop/loss his chimpy ass…
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:38 pmThis Kagan is not from the notorious Kagan’s, is she? If so YIKES!
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:55 pmElena Kagan at Wikipedia. Aside from teaching and university admin, she’s authored a book on the President’s role in administrative and regulatory law, written some 1st amendment stuff and is credited for “employing a consensus-building leadership style” at Harvard Law. Sounds like a great fit for Obama.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:01 pmSullivan failed the July 2005 California bar exam.
I’ve met some people that have passed it and you don’t have to be a rocket scientist.
So that’s a major NO on her.
I don’t want a single idiot in Obama’s administration.
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:07 pmbut she’s not a jurist and she is a lesbian,
Miss Sullivan is a lesbian but Alito is a closet gay. Roberts wont say anything after he was caught with his girlfriend while on vacation and had that heart problem.
Both woman know Constitutional Law which is more then we had for 8 years with Ashcrof and Gonzo. It’s would be nice to see qualified people put in position for a change.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:45 amBe careful with the lesbians, Kathleen Turner is one rank…oh, I was about to use a “Cheney” there!
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:37 amThe name Kagan is a little concerning…could she possibly be related to the two Kagan scumbag Neocons that work for AEI and the Weekly Standard?! If not, she’s a great improvement over the cronie dirt that Bush appointed!!
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:21 amDavid Ogden . . . did he not play Major Winchester on MASH on TV?
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:42 amLushInterior Says:
That would have been David Ogden Stiers…….Obama’s cabinet seems to be filling up with solicitors so I guess a couple more won’t hurt.
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:55 am
Post something comprehensible, I double-dog dare you.
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:22 amcd Says:
“Sullivan failed the July 2005 California bar exam.”
She passed in 2006. Read her curriculum vitae, it’s impressive.
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:48 amBushie that was after she failed it in 05.
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:27 amBoth of these women seem pretty good choices, but I think I might put my money on Kagan getting the nod. She clerked for Mikva and has other strong Chicago ties, as well as being a former Clinton Admin appointee — so she has a lot of connections that might help her. She also verked for Thurgood Marshall, which is interesting.
I like that she has made public law a high priority at Harvard:
Although it sounds like the students and faculty at Harvard Law would be very sad to lose her:
Larry Summers is a big fan — not sure if that helps or hurts her…
She was also nominated for a court appointment under Clinton and the GOP failed to consider her nomination — which probably says less about her than about the GOP, I would imagine.
Sullivan is impressive but the failure to pass the bar the first time isn’t fab optics, could give the Obama people pause…who knows tho…will be interesting to see how this plays out. SG is a critical post.
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:55 amLushInterior Says:
That would have been David Ogden Stiers…….Obama’s cabinet seems to be filling up with solicitors so I guess a couple more won’t hurt.
Um yes, the position in question is called “Solicitor General.” It’s not like Obama made that up or anything.
And having people in charge of executing the law who actually have some idea what the law is might be a good idea for a change, no?
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:55 pmHas she attended Regency University ?
How come Obama is hiring the incompetents without credentials ?
January 3rd, 2009 at 6:09 pm