SC nominee Kagan doesn't "have a view of what are natural rights, independent of the Constitution"created 7/7/2010 - 11:08 am by Chris |
Wow. From her own testimony in the hearings for confirmation, Elena Kagan has basically said she has no idea what rights people have outside of the Constitution. What that says is, in essence, if it's not written down it doesn't exist. In this particular instance Sen. Coburn is asking the question in relation to an individual's right to defend themselves. However, her answer really transcends that arena and brings into question her basic viewpoint on whether natural rights, any of them, exist.
Her answers seem appropriate on the surface but she is clearly avoiding the deeper issue raised. She goes so far as to not comment on whether she embraces the words in the Declaration of Independence.
It is scary to imagine how this could play out if she were to actually make it onto the bench.
Elena Kagan has disqualified herself from serving on the U.S. Supreme Court with her statement under oath that she has no view of "natural rights," says the man leading a letter-writing campaign to the U.S. Senate.
"In all my years of observing hearings in Washington, I don't think I've ever been more stunned and disappointed by the testimony of a Supreme Court nominee than I was with Elena Kagan," said Joseph Farah, spearhead of the "Stop Kagan Campaign," which has generated nearly 60,000 letters to members of the Senate. "This is someone, who, from her own testimony, doesn't believe in the Declaration of Independence, which we just celebrated and commemorated this week for the 234th time in our nation's history. This is someone who claims she doesn't have a view about 'natural rights' –- those that real Americans believe are unalienable and God-given."
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"Kagan is a radical antimilitary and pro-abortion zealot," said Farah. "This selection by Barack Obama reveals once again his extremist agenda of leaving America undefended, elevating alternative lifestyles to sainthood and exterminating the most innocent human life with reckless abandon and persecuting anyone who tried to stand in the way. In a nutshell, that's who Elena Kagan is."
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