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May 14, 2010

Deciphering Obama's Judicial Philosophy

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate


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Since the Republican attacks on Elena Kagan's fitness to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court have thus far ranged from hypocritical to laughable to insane, the fight between the left and the way left has become far more interesting, with Salon's Glenn Greenwald battling her supporters and everyone else trying to figure out where they stand. But the fact remains that none of us knows a thing about Kagan's judicial philosophy. She has neither said nor written much of anything that would tell us how she thinks a judge ought to decide cases--and it's clear that the White House likes this state of affairs, thank you very much, and plans to keep it that way.

 

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