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Myth: Kagan banned military recruiters from Harvard
Myth: Kagan is “anti-military”
Myth: Kagan’s praise for an Israeli Supreme Court justice shows she’s a radical (NEW)
Myth: Kagan’s thesis shows she’s a socialist
Myth: Kagan’s Goldman Sachs role taints her nomination
Myth: Conservative opposition is based on the substance of Kagan’s nomination
Myth: Obama used “empathy” standard rather than fealty to law in choosing Kagan
Myth: Kagan is unqualified because she hasn’t been a judge (UPDATED)
Myth: Kagan has said judicial experience is an “apparent necessity”
Myth: Republicans would be justified in opposing Kagan because she lacks a judicial paper trail
Myth: Kagan is “Obama’s Harriet Miers”
Myth: Kagan’s record shows that she will rubber-stamp war-on-terror policies
Myth: Kagan’s recusal obligations would be “extraordinary”
Myth: Kagan “can become” too “emotionally involved on issues she deeply cares about”
Myth: Kagan not “fair-minded, impartial” and doesn’t have “proper temperament to be a judge”
Myth: Kagan is anti-free speech
Myth: Kagan supports banning books…MORE
[courtesy of MEDIA MATTERS]
