GOP Senators Shifting Standards On Supreme Court Nominees: "'One reason I felt so strongly about Harriet Miers' qualifications is I thought she would fill some very important gaps in the Supreme Court,' Senator Cornyn said in 2005. 'Because right now you have people who've been federal judges, circuit judges most of their lives or academicians.'
Now, with a Democrat in the White House, what Cornyn once considered refreshing in a high court nominee is in Kagan's case 'surprising.'
'Ms. Kagan is ... a surprising choice because she lacks judicial experience,' Cornyn said Monday. 'Most Americans believe that prior judicial experience is a necessary credential for a Supreme Court Justice.'"
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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