{"id":6438,"date":"2010-08-05T20:29:56","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T00:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=6438"},"modified":"2010-08-05T20:29:56","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T00:29:56","slug":"senator-judd-gregg-joins-gop-moderates-in-elevating-elena-kagan-to-the-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/6438\/senator-judd-gregg-joins-gop-moderates-in-elevating-elena-kagan-to-the-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Judd Gregg Joins GOP Moderates in Elevating Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s Senate vote to confirm Elena Kagan<\/a> to the U.S. Supreme Court was unsurprising because a majority of senators had already committed their \u201cYea\u201d votes.\u00a0 Curious, though, was the support of Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH).\u00a0 You may remember that Gregg was the man who turned down President Barack Obama\u2019s offer to be Commerce Secretary, and then set about hammering the Obama Administration\u2019s fiscal profligacy.<\/p>\n

He also opted not to seek reelection after his term ends next January.\u00a0 Here\u2019s Gregg\u2019s statement<\/a> on why he voted for Kagan:<\/p>\n

Senator Gregg stated, \u201cThe Senate\u2019s duty to provide advice and consent on Presidential nominations to the Supreme Court is one of its most significant constitutional responsibilities.\u00a0 Separate and distinct from its legislative function, the confirmation process requires the Senate to put aside politics and conduct a frank and evenhanded review of the nominee\u2019s record, qualifications and demonstrated ability to apply the law in a fair and impartial manner.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have met personally with Solicitor General Elena Kagan, reviewed her record, and followed her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.\u00a0 During this process, Ms. Kagan has pledged that she will exercise judicial restraint and decide each case that comes before her based on the law, with objectivity and without regard to her personal views.\u00a0 She also has served the American people under two different administrations and has a strong legal academic background.\u00a0\u00a0 She is qualified to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cMs. Kagan and I may have different political philosophies, but I believe that the confirmation process should be based on qualifications, not ideological litmus tests or political affiliation.\u00a0 I will vote for her confirmation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please.\u00a0 Kagan served in two Democrat administrations and published three articles in nearly two decades as an \u201cacademic.\u201d The only qualifications Kagan has to be an Associate Justice is a Harvard law degree and an uncanny ability to land jobs for which she has no preparation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s Senate vote to confirm Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court was unsurprising because a majority of senators had already committed their \u201cYea\u201d votes.\u00a0 Curious, though, was the support of Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH).\u00a0 You may remember that Gregg was the man who turned down President Barack Obama\u2019s offer to be Commerce Secretary, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[591,576,1510,92],"class_list":["post-6438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-elena-kagan","tag-judd-gregg","tag-judicial-confirmations","tag-supreme-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6439,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6438\/revisions\/6439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}