Kagan nominated to SCOTUS

Dick Taffe — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:37:19 +0000

U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan, a former Harvard Law School dean, was nominated by President Obama to be the 112th justice of the Supreme Court. BU Law Professor Jack Beermann, an authority on the high court who knows the nominee well, says he see it as a strong plus that Kagan is not a sitting judge and that the idea that she lacks experience is completely off base.

“Her service in the Clinton and Obama administrations, her judicial clerkships with Thurgood Marshall and Abner Mikva, her years practicing law, and her academic background — including her great success as the dean of the Harvard Law School — make her just as well-prepared for the Supreme Court as someone who has had some years as a Court of Appeals judge.”

Contact Jack Beermann, 617-353-2577, beermann@bu.edu

Pondering Stevens’ SCOTUS exit

Dick Taffe — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:02:17 +0000

The White House is reportedly considering possible candidates to nominate for the Supreme Court seat which may soon be vacated by 89-year-0ld Justice John Paul Stevens. Political Science Professor Graham Wilson says political reality dictates that the ability of the GOP minority in the Senate to delay or block nominations must be taken into serious consideration.

“Obama might need to nominate a candidate with a safer record and someone where opposition to them would seem to display political animus against the group – women, Hispanics, African Americans – from which they come.”

Contact Graham Wilson, 617-353-2540, gkwilson@bu.edu

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Kagan nominated to SCOTUS

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