It has been clear from the beginning of the Obama Administration that this government simply does not agree that we are a nation of laws, not men (you know our founding principle?). From the willingness to give different trials based on likelihood of conviction to the willingness to assassinate our own citizens, it has become constantly clear that the Administration believes that in the name of combating terror, laws do not matter. Additionally, the whole "look forward, not back" for political elites, means that generally, they are exempt from the rule of law, meaning that we are, either by calling something terror-related, or by immunizing elites, a nation under the rule of not law, but men. (That's what I mean when I say that if Obama says so, we can operate essentially as a temporary monarchy.)
Showing posts with label executive power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label executive power. Show all posts
5.10.2010
A collection of resources on Elena Kagan
Here are a few thought-provoking pieces on Obama's latest SCOTUS nomination, Elena Kagan:
- Her record of hiring almost exclusively White Men at Harvard Law School:
- The Race-Based Case Against Elena Kagan - Coffee House Talks
- Kagan’s Harvard Hiring Record a Vision in White - RaceWire
- On Kagan's Minority Hiring Record - 538
- Why Did Dean Kagan Preside Over a Whitened Harvard Law School? - RacismReview
- Her political ideology:
- Elena Kagan Is a Progressive on Executive Power - Slate.com
- Obama’s Next Supreme Court Pick :: Moderate or Strong Liberal? - thinkculture
- Will Kagan Take Up Stevens's Fight for Checks on Executive Power? - The Nation
- Centrist Kagan Brings ‘Impeccable’ Record, Says Cornell Law Expert - Newswise
- Why the inscrutable Elena Kagan makes everyone nervous. - Slate.com
- Her readiness:
- Untried, Untested, and Ready - Slate.com
- The latest on Elena Kagan - Salon.com
- Elena Kagan's Pastel Career - Washington Post's PostPartisan
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