Summary
Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III says Elena Kagan won't be the first person who is not a judge to be nominated for the Supreme Court. But that raises challenges for the senators who will vote on it.
Meese, who served as attorney general under President Reagan and became counselor to the president, holds the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation and serves as chairman of Heritage's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.See the full content of this document
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Judging Kagan's Capabilities
We spoke by phone Tuesday after President Obama nominated Kagan to the nation's highest court.
Q: You've said that because of Elena Kagan's lack of judicial experience, the Senate must conduct a more searching inquiry. Is this going to be a tough...See the full content of this document
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