Kagan is part of Obama`s plan to engineer the Supreme court Justices,
Kagan could break the tie, on Guns control, Immigration, Prisoner treatment, torture, Freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom to criticiz the White House, all this will be re-examined, re-emgineered,
Kagan will get the proper language down
to RIP YOU OFF OF YOUR RIGHTS. Walk softly,
carry big Hammer,
Obama`s Way! Or the Hiway, like Arizona.
Supreme court is suppose to be the watch Dog for Justice, not a LAP DOG FOR OBAMA!

Like Shakespeare said, this past SCOTUS confirmation hearings were much ado about nothing!  When a liberal president nominates a liberal justice to replace a liberal justice or vice-versa nothing changes.  However, when fate intercedes and we have a liberal president nominate a liberal justice to replace a conservative justice or vice-versa, then and only then will we see blood.

The goal is—and always has been—to maintain the Status Quo at all costs. The appointments are important to the different factions that make up the Status Quo. Albeit united in its common goal—the oppression and suppression of the Have Nots—the Status Quo, the highest levels of the Haves, suffers much strife in the unceasing battles for supremacy of power. The Supremes are nothing more than another part of the Status Quo’s henchmen class. 

Change the names, the political and/or religious ideology, the race, the country, whatever, it simply doesn’t matter, it always ends up the same –no left, no middle, no right, just different levels of “haves” and “have nots.”

How stupid a race are we that the few—who are greatly outnumbered—are allowed to oppress and dictate to the many.

Wealth (the few) dictates to society, rather than society (the many) dictating to wealth.

Baiting Kagan to engage some ideological wrangling is preposterous.

What ever the ideology or inclination expressed by the ‘nominees’, the result is
always the same. Twist the ‘intent’ to be what the wealthy desire. Reason is truly a
whore in the hands of the Justices. But for the props (robes and benches), they are
no different from Senators who have been bought off and pretend to be guardians
of the Constitution.

Please, let us be done with this.

John Roberts’ “I’m just an umpire, I just call the balls and strikes” comment was ‘qualified’ on the following day by Biden, “Yeah, but you get to set the strike zones.”

And then there’s all the hullabaloo from the Republicans on Justices who are result-oriented, of course implying that Republican Justices are never result-oriented.  Really? A pro-Justice after the Bush v. Gore decision (which basically elected Bush) “We’re just doing this but it isn’t precedent.  It doesn’t apply to anyone else.”

I agree with all the comments! To know her is to
reject her. The problem I have is that a life time
job,
appointment for life, one needs to know about this
life called Kagan.
No experience as a judge, always behind the Curtain
of educational institutions.
Therefore what has been her life experience, No
Marriage, no Children, What and who is she,
Is She Gay, or non sexual, what kind of person, only
for herself. She is only 50 years old, she, if
appointed, 40 years of INFLUENCE, so other than books
she read, mama hen to Harvard what else, more
personal info is needed.

The underlying message of Mr.Kutler’s well written article is, to me at least, that our government ( all three branches) is just going through the motions, playing out an increasingly tired plot line that serves only to mask the truth beneath; that we the people are no longer uppermost in the minds of govt. Excepting of course for a brief interlude for elections. That time is then spent lying to the electorate in a slightly different fashion, and spending the corporate campaign moneys on propaganda with never an intent to fulfill a single promise made.

Without the hearings we would have missed the one-liner between Sen. Graham and Ms. Kagan: 

When Sen. Graham asked where Kagan was on Xmas last year, she supposed at first he meant something related to the underpants bomber.  He clarified and just asked where she was that day.  She responded that being a typical Jew she was in a Chinese restaurant.

There’s no way that the process would ever sway Senators’ votes in any direction; it’s just political theater.  Perhaps the hearings should be shortened to a few brief comments from each questioner followed by a single brief statement from the candidate - all prepared in advance.  The interviewers could get their political innuendos in front of the nation and the candidate could provide snappy elusive comebacks.  A short session would cost a lot less money.

What kind of Supreme Court?  Nothing short of the best that corporations can buy, of course.

What kind of supreme court? More of the same, no change of any kind.