President Obama today announced his choice to fill the soon-to-be vacant seat of Justice John Paul Stevens – Solicitor General Elana Kagan. For those of you who have no idea what a Solicitor General is, she’s basically the person that represents the US Government before the Supreme Court. So, the justices will obviously know her, though she’s only been in the position for slightly longer than a year.
I have a problem with this choice which mainly revolves around her position – her ignorant position – on the military. My critics will obviously question my use of the word “ignorant” in describing someone with far more “education” than I have.
While Kagan was dean of Harvard Law School, she openly and publicly opposed the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. It was because of this policy that she sought after and supported a ban of military recruiters on the Harvard campus. The ignorance comes from an email she sent to the Harvard community.
“I believe the military’s discriminatory employment policy is deeply wrong — both unwise and unjust. This wrong tears at the fabric of our own community by denying an opportunity to some of our students that other of our students have.”
The ignorant statement, of course, being “military’s discriminatory employment”. Any “educated” individual realizes that the military’s policy is based off of law. If anything, Kagan should be lauding the military for actually violating the law and allowing gays to serve at all! According to the law, gays are not allowed to serve in the military. It describes homosexuality as “incompatible” with military service. Yet, former President Bill Clinton established a policy that allowed gays to violate the law and serve in the military as long they didn’t tell anyone.
So, because the military somewhat followed the law, Kagan decides to punish them (and threaten our national security) by refusing to allow military recruiters on campus by signing an amicus brief challenging the Solomon Amendment in Rumsfeld v. Fair.
With two wars going on, I can’t begin to fathom an important decision being brought to “Justice Kagan” that she would be able to rule on objectively. This is woman that hates the military and should not be in a position of honor such as SCOTUS.
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