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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Kagan is a known quantity among the power-elite in Washington.
Miers was not apparently an insider in the same way. She had not spent her life ingratiating herself with those in political power, other than her narrow Texas circle.
Kagan is "brilliant" we are told over and over. Without evidence.
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How do you define "brilliant"? Summa at Princeton and at Harvard law, editor in chief of the Harvard Law Review, Dean of Harvard's law school at a young age (the first woman), professor at Chicago, practiced with the foremost litigation firm in the United States.
Does that meet your prima facie case for brilliant? "Without evidence" seems a stretch in any event.
I know she stands for much that you reject in terms of your personal beliefs. But I don't think attacking her intelligence is a very credible way to critique her nomination or at least keep her honest.