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HATCH TO VOTE NO

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Senator Orin Hatch has announced he will vote against the confirmation of Ms. Kagan to the Supreme Court. But first a word about humor. When he's sober, our favourite federal blogger has, well, lets just say he's somewhat humor impaired. Spending all your free time reading the committee notes to the current amendments to the sentencing guidelines has that effect on a soul. However, he can reprint a funny blog post with the best of them, and he has done that with a blog post by a law student who writes about the 17 things he learned in law school. Check it out. Senator Hatch laid out the case against confirming Kagan in an article he wrote for the National Review On Line. The title links to the article. The Senator's article starts:After studying Elena Kagan?s record, actively participating in her hearing, and listening to the views of folks in Utah and across the country, I do not believe that she meets the standards we should require of federal judges ? especially Supreme Court justices...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on July 13, 2010 (boomark / email).