Tuesday, May 18, 2010 | 2:02 a.m.
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I am fascinated with all the rhetoric about Elena Kagan’s personal life and her apparent eminent qualifications as a lawyer, teacher, dean of law school and even U.S. solicitor general.
Her recommendation for justice of the Supreme Court by the president of the United States is very impressive. Only one small question.
Of all the possible, very experienced judges in America’s judicial system, why pick someone for the U.S. Supreme Court with no bench time at all?
Let’s put this in another perspective. You are able to select a replacement doctor to be on the very limited team at the major cardiac intensive care hospital in the entire country.
Are you going to pick from all the skilled and experienced surgeons in all the hospitals, or are you going to go to all the best schools and look for the most eminently qualified teacher in all the best schools who has never held a scalpel in an operation suite?
Which of these doctors do you want on your heart transplant team?
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