{"id":18648,"date":"2010-05-10T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=18648"},"modified":"2010-05-10T11:00:22","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T17:00:22","slug":"kagans-anti-fabulousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=18648","title":{"rendered":"Kagan's anti-fabulousness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stealth<\/a> this<\/i>, bitches!<\/p>\n

From Legal Insurrection<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The meme has taken hold that Kagan is a stealth candidate who has avoided taking positions on important constitutional or other issues throughout her career.<\/p>\n

But on one issue of critical importance to the left — the constitutional right to same-sex marriage, Kagan has staked out a very clear and unequivocal position: There is no constitutional right to same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

In the course of her nomination for Solicitor General, Kagan filled out questionnaires<\/a> on a variety of issues. While she bobbed and weaved on many issues, with standard invocations of the need to follow precedent and enforce presumptively valid statutes, on the issue of same-sex marriage Kagan was unequivocal.<\/p>\n

In response to a question from Sen. John Cornyn (at page 28<\/a> of her Senate Judiciary Questionnaire), Kagan stated flat out that there was no constitutional right for same sex couples to marry (emphasis mine):
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\n1. As Solicitor General, you would be charged with defending the Defense of Marriage Act. That law, as you may know, was enacted by overwhelming majorities of both houses of Congress (85-14 in the Senate and 342-67 in the House) in 1996 and signed into law by President Clinton.<\/p>\n

a. Given your rhetoric about the Don\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell policy\u2014you called it \u201ca profound wrong\u2014a moral injustice of the first order\u201d\u2014let me ask this basic question: Do you believe that there is a federal constitutional right to samesex marriage?<\/p>\n

Answer: There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

b. Have you ever expressed your opinion whether the federal Constitution should be read to confer a right to same-sex marriage? If so, please provide details.<\/p>\n

Answer: I do not recall ever expressing an opinion on this question.<\/tt><\/p>\n

This doesn’t mean that Kagan opposes gay marriage. But she clearly believes it is a matter for the political process, not a constitutional right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which naturally raises the question: why does Obama so hate freedom? And the gays — even when his nominee is pretending not to<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stealth this, bitches! From Legal Insurrection: The meme has taken hold that Kagan is a stealth candidate who has avoided taking positions on important constitutional or other issues throughout her career. But on one issue of critical importance to the left — the constitutional right to same-sex marriage, Kagan has staked out a very clear and unequivocal position: There is no constitutional right to same-sex marriage. In the course of<\/p>\n

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