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Obama's Frontrunners: Elena Kagan (video)
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Obama's Frontrunners: Elena Kagan (video)
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Elena Kagan is a potential nominee to the US Supreme Court. However, as Dean of Harvard University, she supported kicking military recruiters off campus. I...
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Obama's Frontrunners
— obamasfrontrunners.com — VOTE NOW: Which frontrunner is the worst liberal judicial activist?... (more) Obama's Frontrunners

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Obama's Frontrunners: Sonia Sotomayor (video)
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— youtube.com — Sonia Sotomayor is a potential nominee to the US Supreme Court. However, her views are decidedly outside... the mainstream. For instance, Sotomayor recently a... (more) Obama's Frontrunners: Sonia Sotomayor (video)

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Supreme Court candidate Elena Kagan has admirers left and right - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — Reporting from Washington -- If there is a Supreme Court candidate with inside connections, it is Elena... Kagan, the Harvard Law School dean who was recently named U.S. solicitor general. Kagan, 49, is not widely known for legal writings or for taking a ... (more) Supreme Court candidate Elena Kagan has admirers left ...

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Politics Daily:  Conservative Group Launches Website Focused on Kagan, Wood, and Sotomayor

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The Political Carnival:  VIDEOS: Conservative Group Launches Website Focused on Kagan, Wood, and Sotomayor

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Conservative Group Launches Website Focused on Kagan, Wood, and Sotomayor
Politics Daily — Filed under: Senate, Democrats, Republicans, Barack Obama, Abortion, Supreme Court, Obama AdministrationThe Judicial Confirmation Network, a conservative group that encourages the confirmation of judges who interpret the Constitution -- as opposed to "activist" judges -- has launched a new website, Obama'sFrontrunners.com. The website focuses on Obama's three likely Supreme Court picks: (Elena Kagan) (Diane ...

Matt Lewis: Conservative Group Launches Website Focused on Kagan, Wood, and Sotomayor
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — The Judicial Confirmation Network , a conservative group that encourages the confirmation of judges who interpret the Constitution -- as opposed to "activist" judges -- has launched a new website, www.Obama'sFrontrunners.com ...

VIDEOS: Conservative Group Launches Website Focused on Kagan, Wood, and Sotomayor
The Political Carnival — By GottaLaff Remember when George Bush was in the White House, and the Rushpublics said something about giving the president the benefit of the doubt on his nominees because he's, you know, the president? The Judicial Confirmation Network, a conservative group that encourages the confirmation of judges who interpret the Constitution -- as opposed to "activist" judges -- has launched a new website, ...

Supreme Court pick: Preemptive strike
The Swamp — by James Oliphant Which front-runner for the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court is favored by conservative activists? That's an easy question: None of them. The Judicial Confirmation Network, which pushes for conservative nominees for the high court, has posted critical web videos for three of the identified candidates to fill the slot opened by Justice David Souter's retirement. Should President Obama choose either U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Chicago federal appeals judge Diane Wood, or New York federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor, the vids outline ...

Video: Conservative group targets Kagan, Wood, Sotomayor
News — Video: Conservative group targets Kagan, Wood, Sotomayor The Judicial Confirmation Network is up with a website and three ads attacking three perceived frontrunners to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court. The website, ObamasFrontrunners.com , displays three videos that target Solicitor General Elena Kagan, U.S. Appeals Court Judges Diane Wood and Sonia Sotomayor. The website asks viewers to vote for who is the "worst liberal judicial activist." The first ad hits Kagan for attempting to ban military recruiters from Harvard Law's campus when she was dean there. The recruiters were banned because of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ...

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Conservatives target Sotomayor, Kagan, Wood
politico.com 5/1/2009 — A conservative politico likely to work on the coming judicial nomination battle sends over a memo circulating on the right, which targets three likely Obama nominees: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Judge Diane Wood, and Solicitor General Elena Kagan. The ...
Obama's Frontrunners: Diane Wood (video)
youtube.com 5/18/2009 — Diane Wood is a potential nominee to the US Supreme Court. The country may be equally divided on the issue of abortion, but not Wood. She wrote an opinion ...
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nytimes.com 5/18/2009 — Elena Kagan at Harvard Law School, where she was dean from 2003 until this year, when she became solicitor general.
UAW says GM talks to intensify; jobs issue looms (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 5/18/2009
Reuters - The United Auto Workers union expects a crucial round of restructuring talks with General Motors Corp "to intensify this coming week" ahead of an end-of-May deadline set by the Obama administration.
Obama agenda: Notre Dame speech — First Read 5/18/2009
“Amid a scattering of angry protests over his support for abortion rights, President Obama addressed the issue head-on Sunday at the University of Notre Dame, calling for ‘open hearts, open minds, fair-minded words’ in the pursuit of ‘common ...
Court candidate Granholm to be at White House (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 5/18/2009
AP - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, one of President Barack Obama's candidates for the Supreme Court, will be at the White House on Tuesday.
Why Obama Isn't Funding Needle-Exchange Programs (Time.com) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 5/18/2009
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