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Trial lawyer that contributed $694,000 to Democrats gets federal judgeship. That’s hope and change the Chicago way. The trial lawyers’ chief Washington voice is the American Association for Justice, dubbed a “Heavy Hitter” by OpenSecrets.org. The AAJ has given more than $31 million in federal campaign contributions in the last 20 years, 91 percent of which went to Democrats.

“In many of her memos to Justice Marshall, Ms. Kagan made recommendations concerning the disposition of cases, which appear to be based largely on her own liberal policy preferences.”

Dean Kagan had an even more direct connection to the Saudis’ Shariah-recruitment efforts at Harvard. She personally officiated in 2003 over the establishment of an “Islamic Finance Project” at the law school itself.

Pointing out that Elena Kagan has the least amount of judicial experience of any Supreme Court nominee in the last 50 years, Sen. Jeff Sessions and other leading Republicans are not ruling out a Senate filibuster to block the nomination.

“Change you can believe in” is working out in practice to mean: If you don’t like the Constitution’s separation of powers — ignore it.

People who sign petitions calling for public votes on controversial subjects don’t have an automatic right to hide their names, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday as it sided against Washington state voters worried about harassment because of their desire to repeal that state’s gay rights law.

Bork added that this lack of judicial maturity poses a “danger” for the country should Kagan be confirmed because she cannot have developed in academia the “prudence” needed to be an effective judge.

Kagan remained silent when a Saudi donor put up $20 million dollars to establish a Center for Islamic Studies that cleared the way for the promotion of Sharia Law – a Muslim theology that many believe embraces repression and sexism.

The new Supreme Court pick, Elena Kagan, has never been a judge. She’s never seen a courtroom from the bench. She’s never had a judge’s responsibilities. Elena Kagan has never instructed a jury or ruled on a point of law—any point of law. She’s never tried a criminal case, a civil case, or even a traffic case. She has not decided even one constitutional issue.

Carter, whose advocacy has entailed contact with groups designated by the U.S. government as “foreign terrorist organizations” (FTOs) – notably Hamas and Hezbollah – said he was disappointed by the court decision.