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Itself to on-the-job training. of course, one does not need to have prior experience as a judge before being appointed to the countrys highest court. but it strikes me that if a nominee does not have judicial experience, they should have substantial litigation experience. ms. kagan has neither. >> i told the president, i said, you realize if you had nominated moses, the law giver, somebody had raised, but he doesnt have a birth certificate. where is his birth certificate? come on. were talking a...

The pentagons dont ask, dont tell policy. and this could wind up being one of the big issues when her hearings roll around. other critics point to kagans lack of litigation experience, and her scant writings. theres not the usual paper trail thats used to vet a supreme court nominee. kagan has no judicial experience, never been a judge, and has only written a few legal articles. also, some worry that her lack of a public record means that nobody knows what kagan stands for except president obama...

To offend anyone. he apologized. the school said ignorance is no excuse. black face is an expression of racism. supreme court nominee elena kagan drawing criticism from both sides of the aisle as youve heard. on the right for her lack of experience. >> if a nominee does not have judicial experience, they should have substantial litigation experience. miss kagan has neither. >> that was senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. also right now on the left, she may not be liberal enough. thats the ...

>> it strikes me that if a nominee does not have judicial experience they should have substantial litigation experience. ms. kagan has neither. >> senate republicans pouncing today on the fact that elena kagan has never served as a judge. the last time someone who wasnt a judge was nominated to be a supreme court justice was in 2005 when president bush nominated white house counsel harriet myers to fill the seat of sandra day oconnor. that nomination lasted all of 25 days, wur upon mr. bush was ...

Last year. i worked with her last year all the time. i think age probably had little to do with it. its in her benefit as a weight in the scale. i think she -- its her personal qualifications, her professional experience, her political mainstream aspects of her life. her personal life story which is extraordinary that i think is the reason she got the nomination. >> youve already heard from senator mcconnell, the republican leader kind of obtding to her qualifications saying she doesnt have much...

First female law dean and serving as adviser to president clinton do not count as real world experience of nominees that have not served as judges. >> the american people want a nominee with the requisite legal experience. they know a lifetime position on the supreme court does not lend itself to on-the-job training. of course one does not need to have prior experience as a judge before being appointed to the countrys highest court. but it strikes me that if a nominee does not have judicial expe...

Republicans politically should go to war on this. tell me -- make it -- because -- >> im talking about the recruitment issue at harvard specifically because that symbolizes so much of the divide between left and right. >> does it symbolize so much or is it an opportunity to make it symbolize so much? >> mika, ive already said if i were a united states senator, and i said this with sotomayor, i would have voted up, i would have voted for kagan because even though im a conservative, i believe you ...

Remembe remember, you look down the line at who she worked for, president clinton, president obama, they both have great faith in her ability to do the job. >> i do worry about a candidate for the supreme court who already made up their mind on this key issue coming to the court. mitch mcconnell going after kagan for usual partisan reasons. this guy is like the no man. lets listen. >> of course one does not need to have prior experience as a judge before being appointed to the countrys highest c...

You look down the line at who she worked for. president clinton, president obama, they both have great faith in her ability to do the job. >> thergood marshal. i worry about a candidate for the supreme court thats already made up their mind on this key issue coming to the court. mitch mcconnell going after kagan for usual partisan reasons. this guy is like the no man. lets listen. >> of course one does not need to have prior experience as a judge before being appointed to the countrys highest co...

Hearings, and ultimately will be a question of debate probably on the floor. >> certainly she will have an opportunity to answer some of the tough questions out there but looking at her record as it stands, are you impressed by her record? >> well, at this time she doesnt have much of a record. her record is she has very little litigation experience. she has no experience as a judge as weve discussed. she has had really only a very limited experience in academia and there not an awful lot of wri...