Thread: Kagan backs limits on free speech

Kagan Says ‘Governmental Motive’ is Proper Focus in First Amendment Cases, Backs Limits on Speech That Can ‘Harm’
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
By Matt Cover, Staff Writer


Applause for President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan at the White House on Monday, May 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
(CNSNews.com) – Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said the high court should be focused on ferreting out improper governmental motives when deciding First Amendment cases, arguing that the government’s reasons for restricting free speech were what mattered most and not necessarily the effect of those restrictions on speech.

Kagan, the solicitor general of the United States under President Obama, expressed that idea in her 1996 article in the University of Chicago Law Review entitled, “Private Speech, Public Purpose: The Role of Governmental Motive in First Amendment Doctrine.â€

I am sorry, but I can only view her as Alensky in a dress especially after reading her thesis.
The way to "fundamentaly change" the laws of our country are through interpertation of them at the highest level.
I pray that this person is not appointed for LIFE.