Mark Kirk Supports Elena Kagan SCOTUS Nomination

By Prescott Carlson in News on Jul 23, 2010 2:50PM

While U.S. Congressman and Senate hopeful Mark Kirk has been trying to move away from his Republican In Name Only label from critics by taking a more conservative stance on certain issues, Kirk has likely taken a few steps backwards after the Sun-Times printed a statement from his office endorsing the nomination of Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice.

In the statement, Kirk calls Kagan "modest and thoughtful" and that she is "one of the more careful nominees [President Obama] could have picked." Kirk added:

Under this tradition [of Alexander Hamilton's writings in Federalist No. 76], the Senate tempered any partisan review of the president's choice. Recently, justices Ginsberg (96-3), Kennedy (97-0), Stevens (98-0), Scalia (98-0), Bryer (87-9) and Roberts (78-22) were confirmed by bipartisan majorities that applied the Federalist standard. I note Solicitor General Kagan earned support from the American Bar Association and conservative judges Estrada and McConnell.

Kirk did, however, express that he was "troubled" over Kagan's banning of military recruiters at Harvard Law School during her tenure as dean of the University.