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I have a lot of mixed feelings about this. My first reaction was, "A Supreme Court Justice with NO experience as a Judge!? You have got to be freaking KIDDING me!!!" But the thing is, Obama needs an "easy confirmation" here - - - he needs to be careful how he spends his Political Capital for the rest of his term, of course - - and they say that this is someone the Republicans can feel more-or-less happy about. And she's clearly got some seriously-big time credentials and is an expert in the Law. I'm not *totally* sure you have to see someone run a red light to be able to understand that if someone has done that, they've broken the law and should get a ticket. I think it could be argued that the same is (pretty much) true in more-complex situations - she's an expert in the Law and is able to understand the complex issues related to it, as she's demonstrated by developing her extremely impressive resume. (Including clerking for a Supreme Court Justice, by the way.) So I kinda-sorta feel more or less positively about it.
Was she the BEST candidate available? No, clearly not.
Is she the best candidate available who can get easily confirmed, without political cost to Obama which he can't afford? Apparently so...


P.S. - By the way, Elena Kagan was a member of Bill Clinton's legal team. Translation: She was (probably) a part of his defense team when he was impeached. I don't know one way or the other and don't have time to check it out right now; but it seems pretty likely.