case just nine months ago. while academia certainly has value, there is no substitute, i think, for being in the harness of the law, handling real cases over a period of years. what miss kagan s public record does reveal is a more extensive background in policy, politics, mixed with law. miss kagan s college thesis on socialism in new york seems to bemoan socialism s demise there. in her master s thesis, she affirmed the activist tendencies offel the earl war in court, but complained they could have done a better job of justifying their activism. president obama s nominee has stated her started her political career in earnest as a staffer on the presidential campaign of michael dukakis, took leave at teaching to work for this committee under then chairman joe biden to ensure the nomination of ruth bader
over a period of years. what ms. kagan s public record does reveal is a more extentive background in policy politics mixed with law. ms. kagan s college thesis on socialism in new york seems to bemoan socialism s demise there. in her master s thesis she affirmed the activist tendencies of the earl warren court but complained that they could have done a better job of justifying that activism. president obama s nominee has stated her pretty started her political career in earnest as a staffer on the presidential campaign of michael dukakis. she took leave to work for this committee under then-chairman joe biden to help secure the nomination of ruth bader ginsberg, one of the most active justices on the supreme court. and i know you would join with me, mr. chairman, in expressing our sympathy to justice ginsburg
harness of the law, handling real cases. ms. kagan s public record reveals a more extensive background in policy, politics, mixed with law. ms. kagan s college thesis on socialism in new york seems to bemoan socialism s demise there. she complained that the earl warren court could have done better justifying activism. president obama s nominee stated she started as a staffer on the presidential campaign on michael dukakis. she worked for this committee under then chairman joe biden to help security the nomination of ruth bader ginsberg, one of the most active justices on the supreme court. i know you would join with me in
miss kagan s college thesis on socialism in new york seems to bemoan socialism s demise there. doesn t that just take you back? can t you just close your eyes and listen to that voice? you forget what decade it is. you forget what century it is. the fun thing about the be afraid of the liberal strategy republicans seem to be deploying against elena kagan is she s not that much of a liberal, so that s going to be fun to watch over time. it s also fun to listen to see how many extra sillables jefferson sessions iii can add to the word liberal to make it sound more scary. democrats seem to be using these hearings as their own teachable moment. our next guest, senator klobuchar of minnesota kept her remarks tightly focused on the nominee and her qualifications, but some other democratic senators, including her counterpart from minnesota, al franken, and sheldon whitehouse of rhode island, essentially