It never ends, does it? A day after Romney said he was going to Israel. From the US Embassy in Tel Aviv:
Amb Shapiro just took the stage to welcome guests and special guest Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan
Justice Kagan: Israel and America share a deep commitment to the rule of law. #July4TLV
From her confirmation hearing, two years ago, explaining why she spoke of former Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak as her hero:
“As you know, I don’t think it’s a secret I am Jewish,” Kagan said. “The State of Israel has meant a lot to me and my family. And — and I admire Justice Barak for what he’s done for the State of Israel and ensuring an independent judiciary.”
She has a conventional mind. And the convention is: PEP. Progressive except Palestine. Makes for success.
Right, but the correct spelling is still Et tu.
Not surprised by Kagan. I was very much against her appointment, she is a ‘ethnic worshiper”. If you read her many speeches thruout her career it is very obvious she believes in the superiority of certain groups.
Kagan and others like her are the downside to ‘diversity’. It puts ethnic agendas, not impartial objectivity, into seats of power they shouldn’t be in.
Almost everytime I see anyone appointed to any position these days I think ‘political payoff’ to some special interest donor group.
One reason we are in the mess we are in.
RE: “Et tu Elena– Justice Kagan’s in Israel, celebrating ‘deep commitment to the rule of law’” ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: Paying back the Obama reelection campaign for Obama’s having nominated her? Oh John, you’re such a cynic! A Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court would never stoop to such things (lol). But then, it is prime time for raising campaign contributions!
SEE: “Repressive Democracy: How Not to Waste Your Vote in November”, by Andrew Levine, Counterpunch, 6/20/12
LINK – http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/06/20/repressive-democracy/
• Jill Stein for President – http://www.jillstein.org/
P.S. No more battered
spousevoter syndrome for me!RE: “Justice Kagan’s in Israel, celebrating ‘deep commitment to the rule of law’” ~ Philip Weiss
SPEAKING OF “THE RULE OF LAW”: Al Jazeera Reports: New Tests Show Yasser Arafat Poisoned with Radioactive Polonium ~ http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/07/03-0
As Dean of the Harvard Law School, she decided to take no action on the Dershowitz/Finkelstein donnybrook. Dersh had powerful friends, Finkelstein none. Obama rewarded her with a seat on the Supreme Court.