Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to express my support for the confirmation of Elena Kagan to serve as the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Having carefully examined her record, monitored her confirmation hearings, and personally met with her, Solicitor General Kagan is clearly qualified to serve on the Court. Given her tremendous educational accomplishments at Princeton, Oxford, and Harvard, as well as her success as a constitutional and administrative law scholar at Chicago and Harvard, there is little question that she is intellectually qualified for the job. General Kagan has had an impressive career, having clerked for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, worked as the first female dean of Harvard Law School, and served as the first female Solicitor General of the United States. During that time, she has impressed all with whom she has worked with both her character and her talent. Some of my colleagues are concerned that previous Federal judicial experience is not among her list of accomplishments. Historically, however, large numbers of our Supreme Court nominees have not had prior judicial experience. The last Supreme Court nominee appointed without any such experience served was former Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Indeed, the outgoing Court represents the first time in history when all nine Justices had Federal judicial experience.…”