 the supremes the real power a supreme court justice is a lifetime appointment in some instances as could be the case with elena kagan a justice could serve for 40 years or more a supreme court justice appears before the us senate where individual senators attempt to glean information from the recommended appointee on their political and social philosophies those philosophies are traditionally based on political or social criteria such as abortion gay marriage eminent domain the constitution civil rights and others the current president s nominee has his political and social leanings with the intended hope that the court will carry on his agenda long after he looses or has been term limited from office with that said it isn t surprising that previous supreme court nominee hearings have been so contentious when the senate begins its hearings elena kagan will be on display where everyone will be able to see what president obama and the progressive democrats have envisioned from their appointee or what the opposition constitutional conservatives republicans abhor about her purported credentials in the past we have seen good men and women vilified by senators from the opposing side of the political and social fence hoping for the nominee to stumble so that a more moderate person would be recommended in the case of elena kagan that isn t likely she will probably be confirmed even though she will be one of the most polarizing and liberal progressive people to ever be nominated because of the overwhelming number of democrats and moderate republicans in the senate there is virtually little chance of a filibuster to deny her confirmation in the end the ultimate battle won t be between men of opposing parties but between political ideologies relating to our constitutional rights as they were given to us at birth by our creator and granted to us in our original constitution the democrats would have us believe we have an evolving constitution that is based on case law rather than the original constitution and its basic tenets 1 they would have us believe that the supreme court justices can look at what they thought the founders intended or really wanted when they formulate their opinions 2 they believe that justices can look to international law when making their deliberations and subsequent decisions 3 they believe they can favor certain classes of people based on their lot in life or based on what they call social justice i ask do you want a supreme court justice who believes in this country our original constitution and the republic as it was created where everyone is equal under the law or do you want a supreme court justice who has specific agendas and intentions to change this country into something that will not resemble what our founders intended it is probably too late to stop the confirmation of elena kagan but remember the people you send to washington have a life changing impact on every aspect of your life now more than ever remember to vote for constitutional conservatives this august and november when you go to the polls submitted for publication to the dewitt bath review the clinton county news the st johns dewitt informer the laingsburg independent the owosso independent the perry independent on june 16 2010 published in the laingsburg independent the perry independent on june 27 2010 and the lansing state journal on june 21 2010  