this is a qualified woman. that was senator diane fine stein. welcome back. she could become the nation s next supreme court justice. first u.s. solicitor general kagan must convince the senate she is ready to serve. there is no shortage of opinions about her qualifications particularly regarding her controversial stance on the military. i am going to start with are you thumbs up with elena kagan? i am surprised gingrich doesn t do homework whe before appears on sunday morning talk show. when she was at harvard law school there was an existing policy in the career services offices that when your company or organization recruiting on campus you are not allowed to if you discriminate for anybody for any reason under that policy the military was not allowed to use the resources of the career services office. she continued that policy.
in the mid-1990s. it allows the department of defense to withhold funds from any university or college that does not allow the military to use the school s career services office to recruit students. in 2002, after 9/11, the bush administration started vigorously enforcing that rule at colleges across the country, many law schools openly opposed allowing military recruiters full access to campus, among them harvard law school s dean, elena kagan. reporter: harvard law school s anti-discrimination policy requires employers recruiting on campus to not discriminate on any basis, including sexual orientation. because of the don t ask, don t tell policy, the university limited military recruiters access to campus, but that changed in 2002, when the air force challenged the issue, citing the solomon amendment. harvard university stood to lose federal funding for research, about 15% of its budget, unless it lifted the ban. in an october, 2003, letter to harvard law students and
school during her tenure as dean there. and today rush limbaugh tore into what he hopes will be her achilles heel. all we know about this woman is that she banned military recruiters from harvard and was overturned by the supreme court. so kagan s decision to ban military recruiters from harvard be enough to block her confirmation to the supreme court? melissa harris is a professor of politics at princeton and peter binrd wrote in the daily beast that elena kagan should apologize. why should she apologize for basically backing her constituti institution? she denied them equal access. she didn t want to allow them to use the career services office. look, i think elena kagan is smart, i would vote to confirm her. i probably agree with her on 95% of stuff. i think in this regard, she was wrong. it was a counter-productive way to try to spontd to the farespo
into what the right hopes will be her achilles heel. all we know about this woman is that she banned military recruiters from harvard and was overturned by the supreme court. so will kagan s decision to ban military recruiters from harvard be enough to block her confirmation to the supreme court? melissa harris is a professor of politics at princeton and msnbc contributor. and peter beinhart wrote in the daily beast that elena kagan should apologize. why should she apologize for basically backing her institution? she denied them equal access. she didn t want to allow them to use the career services office. look, i think elena kagan is smart, i would vote to confirm her. i probably agree with her on 95% of stuff. i think in this regard, she was wrong. it was a really counterproductive way to try to respond to the fact that the military discriminates against gays and lesbians. the best thing to do would have
minutes into the overtime and we failed to pull off the last minute comeback. there was notable faces in the crowd including former president bill clinton and singer mick jagger. ghana is now the only african team still advancing into the semifinal. well, the president s nominee to the supreme court is set to go before the senate judiciary committee tomorrow as several senators say, they have some tough questions for elena kagan. steve centanni is here with more on whether we can expect any fireworks. hi, steve. hi, shannon. yeah, elena kagan is spending hours every day getting ready for a grilling on capitol hill that begins tomorrow. her questioning before the senate judiciary committee will be crucial as the 50-year-old solicitor general seeks to become the second obama nominee to join the court and the third woman currently sitting on the nine member panel. questions from senators could deal with her decision as the dean of the harvard law school to ban military recruiting from t