Well here’s one thing about Elena Kagan’s record that we actually know: She approves of cameras in the Supreme Court.
With a mostly absent judicial record, the solicitor general, speaking at the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in July 2009, says if “cameras were in the courtroom the American public would see an amazing and extraordinary event. This court, I think, is so smart and so prepared and so engaged, and everybody who gets up there at the podium is … the toughest questions, the most challenging questions are thrown at that person. There is a debate of really extraordinary depth and richness.”
That’s good news for those of you who want to see Perry v. Schwarzenegger‘s trial make C-SPAN one day. But don’t think Kagan, as the Court’s new girl, is going to be calling the shots.
Mike L.
I have a question, how do they decide who becomes Chief Justice???
I really would like for them to have cameras in the courts, the work they do is too important to be kept in the dark, ppl would be able to see how they work and the news channels would be able to report on the trials it would be awesome.
AndrewW
Videotape her playing softball or rotating the tires?
delurker again
Gah, why couldn’t Obama have picked someone with a less ambiguous sexuality? It’s going to be months and months of inane queerty posts on her all because she may be a rug muncher.
Baxter
@Mike L.: When the Chief Justice retires, the President chooses someone to fill that slot. So when Rehnquist retired, Bush appointed Roberts as Chief Justice. Some Chief Justices are promoted from within the Supreme Court (like Rehnquist), while others had never served on the Court before their appointment (like Roberts).
Mike L.
@Baxter: Wow so we’ll have stupid Roberts for some decades to come as a Chief J, ugh.
Thanks.