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Emphasizing that she had never argued a case before a court
The addition of the bolded text to the lead, "In 2009, Kagan became the first female
solicitor general of the United States, despite the fact that she had never previous argued a case before any court." appears to put undue emphasis on this aspect and suggest she was unqualified (when her qualifications at the time was being a Harvard Law School professor). If this is to be included in the lead, it should at the very least drop the argumentative "despite the fact" and change it to "At the time", but I still think this is undue for the lead and misleadingly suggests incompetence to the readers.
Snooganssnoogans (
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02:29, 21 May 2021 (UTC)reply
given the current state of the Supreme Court (July 2022) and the recent rulings affecting
abortion I am adding
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The opening sentence in Kagan's article should reflect her status as a jurist and legal scholar. At present, it only mentions that she's a lawyer. While not inaccurate, making an amendment to reflect the aforementioned would bring this article in line with those of other Supreme Court justices and jurists on lower courts.
Pchristiandobson (
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20:08, 31 December 2022 (UTC)reply
I think it's interesting to note that 26 states provided two senators who approved Kagan's nomination, while 13 states provided no senators. Are the Supreme Court nominations usually this polarized?
73.55.138.35 (
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08:26, 26 August 2023 (UTC)reply
I think it's a more general polarization, in that fewer states elect two Senators of different parties, a phenomenon that used to be more prevalent in the Solid South. For example, Susan Collins of Maine is the only currently-serving Republican Senator from the six New England states (who also send two Independents who caucus with the Democrats). On the other hand, there are no Democratic Senators from the formerly Solid Democratic Deep South.
—— Shakescene (
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09:27, 2 December 2023 (UTC)reply
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Emphasizing that she had never argued a case before a court
The addition of the bolded text to the lead, "In 2009, Kagan became the first female
solicitor general of the United States, despite the fact that she had never previous argued a case before any court." appears to put undue emphasis on this aspect and suggest she was unqualified (when her qualifications at the time was being a Harvard Law School professor). If this is to be included in the lead, it should at the very least drop the argumentative "despite the fact" and change it to "At the time", but I still think this is undue for the lead and misleadingly suggests incompetence to the readers.
Snooganssnoogans (
talk)
02:29, 21 May 2021 (UTC)reply
given the current state of the Supreme Court (July 2022) and the recent rulings affecting
abortion I am adding
Category:Abortion. I believe adding this category will be uncontroversial.
This
edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.
The opening sentence in Kagan's article should reflect her status as a jurist and legal scholar. At present, it only mentions that she's a lawyer. While not inaccurate, making an amendment to reflect the aforementioned would bring this article in line with those of other Supreme Court justices and jurists on lower courts.
Pchristiandobson (
talk)
20:08, 31 December 2022 (UTC)reply
I think it's interesting to note that 26 states provided two senators who approved Kagan's nomination, while 13 states provided no senators. Are the Supreme Court nominations usually this polarized?
73.55.138.35 (
talk)
08:26, 26 August 2023 (UTC)reply
I think it's a more general polarization, in that fewer states elect two Senators of different parties, a phenomenon that used to be more prevalent in the Solid South. For example, Susan Collins of Maine is the only currently-serving Republican Senator from the six New England states (who also send two Independents who caucus with the Democrats). On the other hand, there are no Democratic Senators from the formerly Solid Democratic Deep South.
—— Shakescene (
talk)
09:27, 2 December 2023 (UTC)reply