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Elena Kagan's Supreme Court Investiture Set for Today
By Tom Kavanagh - Politics DailyElena Kagan was quietly sworn in nearly two months ago as the 112th justice of the Supreme Court, but there will be pomp and circumstance today when a formal investiture ceremony takes place at 2 p.m. The ceremony is a formal affair, CNN reports, where the authority of the office is conferred. The Senate confirmed Kagan, 63-37, Aug. 5 on a mostly party-line vote. Among the cases she will confront in her first term will be disputes over noisy protests at military funerals, state bans on violent video games and the death penalty. Kagan, 50, the former dean of Harvard Law School, pledged to ...
Obama Interviews Diane Wood; Search for Supreme Court Nominee Narrows
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyPresident Obama planned to meet with two senior Senate Republicans on Wednesday amid signs that his search for a new Supreme Court justice to succeed John Paul Stevens is narrowing. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden sat down separately at the White House Tuesday with federal appeals court judge Diane Wood of Chicago -- the fourth candidate to be interviewed. Obama talked with Montana appeals judge Sidney Thomas last week and met earlier with Solicitor General Elena Kagan and Washington appeals judge Merrick Garland -- all on the short list for the nomination. The tip-off that the process is ...
C-SPAN Supreme Court Book: Conservative Justices Suggest Caseload Increase
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyC-SPAN, the treasured chronicler of American public affairs, has yet again provided a valuable service with a new documentary book about the Supreme Court. As is the case when it televises political proceedings, the sheer relentlessness of its pursuit of governmental monotony has ginned up some truly insightful nuggets from the justices. It's as if the sound of Brian Lamb's voice has lulled the otherwise un-lullable into actually revealing some pertinent off-the-bench thoughts. The most significant news item in the book, intentionally or unintentionally revealed, is that it is the Court's ...
Picking the Next Supreme Court Justice: Does Religion Matter?
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyWhen it comes to the religious beliefs of potential nominees for the Supreme Court, a big majority of voters would be comfortable with a Mormon or a Christian who takes the Bible literally, but more than half would not be comfortable with a Muslim or atheist, according to a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted April 20-21. Sixty-five percent would be comfortable with a Mormon and 62 percent with a Christian with a literal reading of the Bible. Fifty-three percent would not be comfortable with a Mormon and 58 percent would not be comfortable with an atheist on the bench. The retirement of ...
Opinion: Pick a Justice Who Unites, Not Divides, America
By not in system - AOL News(April 24) -- As President Barack Obama considers his second Supreme Court nominee, he faces a real dilemma. His far left base wants him to replace retiring liberal Justice John Paul Stevens with another activist judge. That's why we hear so much talk about the current court having a so-called 5-4 conservative majority, when in many cases it has a 5-4 liberal activist majority. But the political environment is drastically different now than it was when Obama nominated Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Then, Obama enjoyed record high approval ratings. Today, his numbers are inverted as more Americans ...
Supreme Court Watch: Nine Questions the President Should Ask Nominees
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyWith an eye toward a quick Supreme Court nomination, President Barack Obama spent part of his busy week talking with Senate Judiciary Committee members and even some of the candidates in the hunt to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. He hasn't yet had any formal interviews, an administration official told the Associated Press, but clearly the end-game is underway. The president met face-to-face last year with four candidates before selecting Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter. Our history books would be richer indeed if these conversations -- part job interview, part ...
Supreme Court Vacancy: Obama Consults Dem, GOP Leaders -- Again
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyPresident Obama met Wednesday with Democratic and Republican Senate leaders amid signs the White House is moving quickly on finding a successor to Justice John Paul Stevens, who is retiring in June. It was the second time Obama and Vice President Biden have met with the bipartisan group since Stevens announced his departure on April 9. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala) were on the invite list, along with Majority Leader Harry Reid and Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). Obama wants to get his nominee confirmed by the Senate before the start of the high ...
The Next Supreme Court Justice: Time for a Politician?
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyJudging from the advice that Barack Obama is getting from the sidelines, the president should tap for the Supreme Court a middle-of-the-road, non-activist Protestant woman elected official with judicial experience and temperament who can energize the court's liberal wing without giving conservatives a reason to filibuster her nomination. Gulp! Meeting all those conflicting standards is about as realistic as Obama calling over to Central Casting to demand, "Get me the female version of John Marshall." Especially since this mythical would-be justice also should never have written or said ...
Justice Hillary Clinton? The Top Cases for and Against
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(April 12) -- Even in a town full of heady resumes, Hillary Rodham Clinton's stands out. The secretary of state is, of course, a former presidential candidate, U.S. senator and first lady. Now she may be in the running for yet another impressive seat: U.S. Supreme Court justice. At least if Sen. Orrin Hatch is to be believed. Speaking about the possible names floated to replace outgoing Justice John Paul Stevens, Hatch said on NBC's "Today" show this morning: "I even heard the name Hillary Rodham Clinton today, and that would be an interesting person in the mix. I happen to like Hillary ...
Top Republican Says Filibuster of Supreme Court Nominee 'Unlikely'
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySenate Minority Whip Jon Kyl said Sunday he would not take the possibility of using a filibuster to try and block confirmation of whoever President Obama nominates to the Supreme Court "off the table," but he said the chances of Republicans using that tactic was "unlikely." "I am going to abide by what became known as the rule of the gang of 14," Kyl said on ABC's This Week. "It is unlikely that there would be a filibuster, except if there is an extraordinary circumstance." Kyl was referring to the group of seven Democratic and seven Republican senators who joined together to avert a major ...
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