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On the recordAugust 4, 2010
No. In fact, it took the president of Harvard, Larry Summers--now President Obama's chief financial economic adviser; he was then president of Harvard--he had to reverse her decision when he was faced with the loss of Federal funds. The entire recruiting season, however, was lost before the military realized they were systematically being blocked. And they protested to the university, and finally she was overruled by the president. So then-Dean Kagan's actions, which she believed--and I respect her views that it was a moral imperative, and basically she chose what she viewed as a moral imperative--i.e., her opposition to the don't ask, don't tell law--as overriding compliance with the law, which then brings into question her qualifications and what her future actions will be as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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The speaker discusses concerns about Elena Kagan's qualifications for the Supreme Court related to her past actions at Harvard.

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