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Dean at harvard law school as a plus. >> because kagan has never been a judge, it's unclear where she stands on major issues. her undergraduate days at princeton where she was a newspaper editor, are being scrutinized. >> some republicans say her lack of experience as a judge clouds her nomination. >> the lifetime position on the supreme court does not lend itself to on the job training. >> but some senate democrats consider her background a plus. >> i worry when you're in a judicial monastery that you don't have the kind of real world experience you might have otherwise. >> more on this story...

From the right as republicans insist becoming the first female solicitor general and harvard's 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 country's highest court. but it strikes me that if a nominee does not have judicial experien...

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