[ATrain]

John Paul Stevens, a very liberal pick, is retiring. Obama has tapped Solicitor General Elana Kagan, dean of Harvard Law School, to replace him.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_supreme_court

No idea what her views are, so feel free to research and discuss.

[Hold My Own]

Via Twitter

ShannonBream: Kagan thesis: "To the Final Conflict: Socialism in New York City, 1900-1933" What does it tell us about her?

[LUconn]

I somewhat accept the inevitability of replacing an old lefty judge with a young lefty judge, so there's really no stopping that. I am very against an academic who'd never actually been a judge though. In any field, the difference between teaching and doing is miles apart. [Insert cheesy teaching cliche here] Who knows what she thinks or would do in any given situation.

[ALUmnus]

I've never been set on requiring a nominee for the Supreme Court to have been previously a judge for, but I do think it's important that it's known without a doubt what they believe and how they interpret the Constitution.

I just wish the press would get a new stock photo of this chick *shudder*

[01LUGrad]

I can't belive that Mike Meyers got nominated for the SC.

She's going to be the ugliest guy on the SC.

The only thing worse than being on the SC with no judicial experience is being in the white house with no executive experience.

Thanks. I'll be here all week.

[Cider Jim]

In any field, the difference between teaching and doing is miles apart.

That hurts, LUconn.

[ATrain]

In any field, the difference between teaching and doing is miles apart.

That hurts, LUconn.

Umm, there's not much you can do in literature besides teach

[Hold My Own]

Shakespeare seemed to manage

[Cider Jim]

Thanks, HMO. Also, Joe Paterno, Jodie Foster, Clarence Thomas, Diane Sawyer, Harrison Ford, & Matt Damon (among others) seemed to find work as English majors: http://faculty.irsc.edu/dept/English/Fa ... Majors.htm