Monday, July 12, 2010
Senate Republicans Announce They Will Vote Against Kagan
Politico: McCain to vote no on Kagan, by Josh Gerstein:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will vote against confirming Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, he announced Wednesday in an op-ed piece to be published in Thursday's USA Today.
The main beef McCain cites, in fact his only beef, is with Kagan's move in 2004 to ban military recruiters from official recruiting channels at Harvard Law School. She said she took the action to uphold the school's policies against dealing with employers who discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. . . .
See also: Boston Globe: Senators from GOP to oppose Kagan, by Laura Litvan:
McConnell, Hatch doubt impartiality
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans began lining up against US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, as minority leader Mitch McConnell and Orrin Hatch revealed they will vote against President Obama’s second appointee to the court.
McConnell said yesterday Kagan failed to convince him during confirmation hearings that she can become an impartial judge and abandon a political past that includes working for Bill Clinton when he was president. . . .
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/2010/07/senate-republicans-plan-to-vote-against-kagan-because-of-failure-to-exercise-restraint-and-impartial.html