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Obama's Historic Appointment: the First Woman as Solicitor General

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By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

Since I am the first person to point out President Obama's flaws, let me also jump to praise him with a little-noticed but significant appointment this past week. With nary a peep from the media, former Harvard Law School dean and noted lawyer Elena Kagan was sworn in last week as the nation's first female Solicitor General.

The solicitor general is not a well-known post, but it is a highly influential one. The solicitor general not only argues the administration's positions before the U.S. Supreme Court but also crafts administration legal positions on a host of crucial public policy issues.

So hear, hear for the Obama administration for placing the first female in this critical legal post.

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hotel turkei of 4:24PM February 13, 2010

Obama probably WILL improve the Supreme Court with a tilt away from those favorite "constructionists" of yours. But there are no openings yet.

Muser of NM 2:27PM March 25, 2009

First, Bonnie you're so sexist. Who cares what sex the Solicitor General is? Is she the best qualified person for the job? If she is then I join you in your "Hooray".
Second, Muser, note that the Supreme Court is divided 4-4 with Kennedy as a swing vote.
On one side we have 4 progressive, relativists who want to legislate liberal causes from the bench and on the other we have four brilliant constructionists who do not engage (for the most part) in judicial whimsy and understand the importance of actually supporting the notion of "the rule of law". Weak willed Kennedy drifts about in the middle.
Obama, being a subjective relativist himself, will change the make up of the court to reflect his own ideology - not the intent of the Founders of the country. This idea of "progressive truths" makes a mockery of the law. If Congress wants to change the Constitution let them attempt it in the way prescribed in the Constitution - Not by judicial fiat.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 1:07PM March 25, 2009

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