Ms Kagan
So. Ms Kagan. Anybody find any links to online articles authored by her? It is said by her defenders that she’s a brilliant academic, whatever that means. Publish or perish means there should be scads of articles and books by her if she was as claimed a brilliant academic. No book at Amazon, except a $45 tribute essay contribution in honor of some Harvard dude. And I’m guessing this book isn’t hers. Finally there is this at Amazon as well … out of print and no reviews. But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t publish in journals not available on-line. So … anything?
Do legal professors not publish? What is the point of being in the Academy if you don’t publish? I don’t get it.
Look to be a brilliant academic you have to make a mark. To make a mark you have to publish important works which make a visible impact on our profession. I see no evidence that is the case for Ms Kagan. Perchance this is more of this retconning thing in which brilliant academic is recast to mean something entirely different. Perhaps it now is to mean an academic liked by Mr Obama who just happens to be another ‘brilliant academic’ who lacks any actual substantive academic record.
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Conservatives rejected Harriet Meiers for the same reason. If liberals won’t do the same thing, it will just demonstrate how much lower their standards are. Or perhaps how being a liberal, *any* liberal, is much preferable to being experienced for the job.
Doug,
I think it’s not about Kagan’s acceptability or not for the liberals. For the average liberal, the mere fact that Mr Obama nominated her is sufficient qualification for them. No further inquiry is necessary.