Elena Kagan Confirmed to Supreme Court, 63 to 37

I think this is a wrong decision for the Supreme Court, on the grounds she is not experienced enough for the job and will go with her feelings and not the Constitution. I think every new judge should have some experience as a sitting judge before being elected to the Supreme Court. Perhaps this should be amended as such.

Everyone seems to forget that Kagan was Solicitor General of the United States. That means she presented cases on behalf of the US to the Supreme Court. Seems to me that might be valuable experience, but apparently not to some.
Also 40 of 111 Supreme Court Justices never had judicial experience, but that was ok also.
This hypocritical stance makes me wonder whether it might be because she is a woman or because she is Jewish? hmmm

Can you tell me. After both sides make their arguments to the court do the justices take what they have heard and write their briefs or do they sit down and discuss the case and then write their Opinions.

her confirmation does not change the fact we have a corporate owned right wing supreme court. Its not going to do any good replacing a moderate with a moderate, we need to get rid of scalia, roberts, thomas or alito. All who have been a disgrace to the court nor did they rule as they projected they would. They are the snakes in the supreme court grass.

A lifetime appointment… God help us all.

Elena Kagan is a liberal, a progressive -- Kagan persuaded former President Bill Clinton to veto the partial birth abortion ban after calling President Clinton’s desired approach a “problem.”

Kagan opposed the presence of U.S. military recruiters on campus at Harvard - saying the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy discriminated against homosexuals. While Kagan was outspoken about her opposition to military recruiters at Harvard, she made no protest about a Saudi prince’s $20 million donation to Harvard for the establishment of an Islamic studies institute that, among other things, “funds” the study of Sharia law.

Sharia law is among the most oppressive, anti-human rights legal regimes in history. In Saudi Arabia, homosexual conduct is punished by death or a lesser penalty of lashings.

Much of her career is laden in Liberal politics. They say she is ‘really smart’ --President Obama described her as a trailblazer for women -- ? No Thank you -- not following. There are a lot of ‘really smart’ people in this world -- and just look at it -- true wisdom and depth in this life is very very rare. I am thankful that God has chosen me, as all of this we endure will be survived by the way, the truth, and the light.

Such intelligent comments. God help us. Before you submit again, please revisit your constitutional history books and drag out the spelling books while your at it.

I wonder why, with no judicial experience to her resume, how she was confirmed? Wasn't there another person by the name of Harriet Myers taken out for the same reason? What has changed? Why Kagan and not Myers??

She's definitely deserving, and Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska needs his head examined...to suggest that she's not qualified. Please!!!

It is difficult to understand how so many people can express an opinion that demonstrates that they have no idea of the duties of a justice on the Supreme Court. They are not trial judges: they do not determine the facts of a case. The Constitution does not require that they be attorneys or have judicial experience. The duties are to determine the law to be applied to a set of already established facts and to decide disputes between States. The court gave itself the duty to interpret the constitution and to decide if certain laws meet the guidelines set out in that document. (Marbury v. Madison). This lady is profoundly qualified by her experience to perform those duties.

Folks, the Supreme Court's job is to interpret the law in given cases presented to them. They aren't there to rewrite the laws. Someone alluded to them writing laws; wrong!