***PRESS RELEASE*** UPDATE: Elena Kagan
The George Washington University College Republicans
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Sinead E. Casey
Director of Public Relations
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Sinead@gwrepublicans.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 16, 2010
College Republican Statement on the SCOTUS Nomination of Elena Kagan
Washington, D.C. — The George Washington University College Republicans congratulate Solicitor General Elena Kagan on her nomination to the United States Supreme Court. Her potential seating as the third women on the Court is something all Americans should take great pride in.
We hope that Ms. Kagan can bring an impartial and open mind to the Supreme Court. We also hope that she will rule with independence and abandon the Obama judicial agenda she currently advocates on behalf of and instead opts to provide the American people with an impartial voice on the Court for years to come.
While we commend President Obama on his ability to find a Democrat morally adept enough to be repulsed by partial birth abortion and human cloning, we have serious misgivings about other areas of Elena Kagan’s sparse record. We are greatly disappointed in the disrespect Ms. Kagan has shown our nation’s military during her tenure as Dean of the Harvard Law School. We are saddened that the President chose to replace Justice Stevens, the only justice with an extensive military background, with someone so openly hostile towards the military culture that keeps America free and safe.
Although judicial experience is not a prerequisite for sitting on the Supreme Court, Republicans are weary of the Solicitor General’s lack of legal writing and the fact that she has taken very few policy positions. Especially since one of the few policy positions she has taken is in direct violation of congressional law signed by a President for whom she served.
Republicans will treat Solicitor General Kagan fairly and on the merits of her nomination. We hope for an open-minded, thorough, and straightforward process that focuses on her record and judicial ability, not her personal story or political philosophy.
