A veteran's Harvard ally: Elena Kagan

In 2005, I went from fighting in the streets of Fallujah to studying in the hallowed halls of Harvard Law School in a span of seven months. I arrived as an active-duty Marine Corps captain and transitioned from the infantry to the judge advocate general's corps. To the best of my knowledge, I am the only active-duty service member to have received a JD from Harvard during the deanship of Elena Kagan...

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Catz Part Deux said:

Robert Merrill - A veteran's Harvard ally: Elena Kagan



Interesting WA-PO editorial from one of Kagan's former students.

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MrVicchio said:

It's a fluff peice to try and make her bigotry towards the Military seem less then it was. Whoopty-do, she helped a student. Shocking.

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LiberalAvenger said:

Your use of the word bigotry is a misnomer in this case. Or, do you consider people who have different ideologies than you, "bigoted"?

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jujuman13 said:

We are all Bigots.

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Reverend_Hellh0und said:

She seems like a nice enough lady. Though I don't think she is SCOTUS Material. :shrug:

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MrVicchio said:

It's a fluff peice to try and make her bigotry towards the Military seem less then it was. Whoopty-do, she helped a student. Shocking.

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