Is Kagan the Right Pick?

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By Ira N. Forman, CEO of the National Jewish Democratic Council

Given that a Democratic President is going to pick someone on the progressive side of the spectrum any objective observer is going to then look to a nominee’s qualifications- intellectual and professional. By this standard Solicitor General Kagan is a homerun.

She is probably more of conciliator than her former boss, Justice Thurgood Marshall. However, she will be a welcome advocate for those who do not always have enough of a voice on a court that increasingly represents the powerful.