by NICOLE COLSON
THE OBAMA administration went with every Washington insider’s odds-on favorite in announcing its nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens: Elena Kagan, the current Solicitor General of the United States.
Kagan’s nomination prompted the predictable chorus of right-wing indignation. Republicans claim that she’s “inexperienced,” having never been a judge before. That’s true–but Bill Clinton had nominated Kagan to be a federal judge, and Senate Republicans blocked her with a filibuster.
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