RNC defends statement on Kagan using Thurgood Marshall amid controversy

The Republican National Committee (RNC) defended a statement from its chairman Monday, which Democrats said had the effect of defending slavery.

The RNC's communications director, Doug Heye, took to the committee's blog to defend a statement from RNC Chairman Michael Steele this morning, in which Steele criticized Elena Kagan for having referenced remarks by former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who had called the Constitution "defective" for permitting slavery.

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I certainly hope she references SCOTUS Justice Thurgood Marshall saying that the Constitution was 'defective' for permitting slavery. That makes me like her a lot more! 

The Constitution was most certainly defective in not permitting women to vote. It was defective in that there were no founding mothers among the writers and women's interests were not considered.   BTW, I have trouble with the fundamentalism of extreme conservatives esp Tea Partiers who want to revert to what the founders wrote for these very reasons. 

Justice Thurgood Marshall is perhaps the best judge we have ever had on that SCOTUS. I am just delighted that Elena Kagan is his protege.  Well, if I had any question about her, no more questions. I like her already.

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-- Edited by Sanders on Monday 10th of May 2010 08:08:05 PM