Hearings for the candidate as the next US Supreme Court Justice, Elana Kagan, will begin Monday. The hearings are expected to dig into Kagan's background of not being an experienced practicing lawyer, but having served as dean at Harvard Law School and as an advisor to the Clinton administration.
Other issues expected to be raised is her views on controversial areas like gun rights, same sex marriage, and abortion. Republicans hold up the Roberts standard as one Ms. Kagan must embrace to win their support, reffering to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Junior, nominated by the Bush administration in 2005. According to Ed Whelan, the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative research organization, the Kagan hearings may come down to the standards for judging set forth by the president and the chief justice. It will be, Mr. Whelan said, 'the battle between the empathy standard and the umpire analogy,' according to The New York Times.
In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and handling the disciplinary actions.
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Other issues expected to be raised is her views on controversial areas like gun rights, same sex marriage, and abortion. Republicans hold up the Roberts standard as one Ms. Kagan must embrace to win their support, reffering to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Junior, nominated by the Bush administration in 2005. According to Ed Whelan, the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative research organization, the Kagan hearings may come down to the standards for judging set forth by the president and the chief justice. It will be, Mr. Whelan said, 'the battle between the empathy standard and the umpire analogy,' according to The New York Times.
In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and handling the disciplinary actions.
For further information, please see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/us/politics/27kagan.html?hp