1. The House Judiciary Committee is launching a probe into Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagans prior involvement with healthcare reform legislation that could determine she must recuse herself from future high court deliberations on Obamacare.
When President Barack Obama signed the healthcare bill into law, Kagan was still serving as his solicitor general and was responsible for defending the administrations position in federal court cases.
In one series of email exchanges between Kagan and staffers, her top deputy says about legal challengers to Obamacare: Lets crush them.
A federal law prohibits a Supreme Court justice from judging a case if while in previous government service he or she served as counsel or adviser on the case or expressed an opinion about its merits, CNS News reported.
The Judiciary Committee investigation follows up on a letter sent by 49 members of the House to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and ranking Democrat John Conyers of Michigan on June 24. It called on the committee to promptly investigate the extent to which U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was involved in preparing a legal defense of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) during her tenure as solicitor general.
One item released by the DOJ is an email chain showing that on Jan. 8, 2010, then-Solicitor General Kagan assigned her top deputy, Neal Katyal, to handle the expected lawsuits against Obamacare, and that Katyal informed the Associate Attorney Generals office that Kagan definitely wanted her office involved in this issue.
Brian Hauck, the senior counsel to Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli, emailed Katyal to tell him that Perrelli wanted to put together a group to get thinking about how to defend against the inevitable challenges to the healthcare proposals that are pending.
Katyal replied: Absolutely right on. Lets crush them. Ill speak to [Solicitor General] Elena [Kagan] and designate someone.
Kagan instantly assigned Katyal.
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During Kagans confirmation hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which began on June 28, 2010, Republicans asked her if she had ever been asked about your opinion regarding the underlying legal or constitutional issues related to any proposed healthcare legislation or the underlying legal or constitutional issues related to potential litigation resulting from such legislation. They also asked her whether she had ever offered any views or comments on those subjects.
Kagan answered both questions: No.
Read more on Newsmax.com: House Probing Kagan's Link to Obamacare
2. The American ideal is that we are a nation of laws, not of men, as John Adams put it.
I suppose we are about to find out if this is true....
When President Barack Obama signed the healthcare bill into law, Kagan was still serving as his solicitor general and was responsible for defending the administrations position in federal court cases.
In one series of email exchanges between Kagan and staffers, her top deputy says about legal challengers to Obamacare: Lets crush them.
A federal law prohibits a Supreme Court justice from judging a case if while in previous government service he or she served as counsel or adviser on the case or expressed an opinion about its merits, CNS News reported.
The Judiciary Committee investigation follows up on a letter sent by 49 members of the House to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and ranking Democrat John Conyers of Michigan on June 24. It called on the committee to promptly investigate the extent to which U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was involved in preparing a legal defense of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) during her tenure as solicitor general.
One item released by the DOJ is an email chain showing that on Jan. 8, 2010, then-Solicitor General Kagan assigned her top deputy, Neal Katyal, to handle the expected lawsuits against Obamacare, and that Katyal informed the Associate Attorney Generals office that Kagan definitely wanted her office involved in this issue.
Brian Hauck, the senior counsel to Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli, emailed Katyal to tell him that Perrelli wanted to put together a group to get thinking about how to defend against the inevitable challenges to the healthcare proposals that are pending.
Katyal replied: Absolutely right on. Lets crush them. Ill speak to [Solicitor General] Elena [Kagan] and designate someone.
Kagan instantly assigned Katyal.
Read more on Newsmax.com: House Probing Kagan's Link to Obamacare
Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? Vote Here Now!
During Kagans confirmation hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which began on June 28, 2010, Republicans asked her if she had ever been asked about your opinion regarding the underlying legal or constitutional issues related to any proposed healthcare legislation or the underlying legal or constitutional issues related to potential litigation resulting from such legislation. They also asked her whether she had ever offered any views or comments on those subjects.
Kagan answered both questions: No.
Read more on Newsmax.com: House Probing Kagan's Link to Obamacare
2. The American ideal is that we are a nation of laws, not of men, as John Adams put it.
I suppose we are about to find out if this is true....