SCOTUS Nominee Kagan On Free Speech Issues 664
DesScorp submitted one of a few stories I've seen about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, whose confirmation hearings are supposed to start today (despite being a formality, given that she has the votes pretty much locked up). "SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan hasn't left much of a paper trail during her legal career, which may make gauging her ideas and opinions somewhat difficult. But there are some positions she has made clear statements on, among them, pornography and 'hate speech.' In a 1993 University of Chicago seminar on the subject, Kagan argued that the government wasn't doing enough about the spread of porn or hate speech. She argued that new approaches were needed to fight their spread, as well as taking a fresh look at old approaches, such as obscenity laws. Kagan included herself among 'those of us who favor some form of pornography and hate speech regulation,' and told participants that 'a great deal can be done very usefully' to crack down on such evils."
While it is still legal to say so... (Score:5, Funny)
Dear Kagan, I hate you.
Porn? (Score:5, Funny)
Don't mess with porn, it's the only thing keeping some people sane.
Comma (Score:5, Funny)
They left out the comma, I think she means
""those of us who favor some form of pornography, and hate speech regulation"
There we go, now we're all on the same page.
Editors, who needs them? (Score:5, Funny)
supposed to start to day
I wonder when Slashdot will be burned down to the ground by English teachers.
Cause for concern (Score:5, Funny)
As an angry wanker, I find this very troubling.
Re:Cause for concern (Score:5, Funny)
As an angry wanker
Doesn't that hurt? Or at the very least, chafe?
So... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So... (Score:4, Funny)
I can just picture Dirk Hilter saying "who's your Fuhrer?" while spanking a Nazi medic.
Re:Yay, Obama (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cause for concern (Score:3, Funny)
A little, but the make-up sex is great!
Me too (Score:3, Funny)
Kagan included herself among 'those of us who favor some form of pornography and hate speech regulation"
Me too. I am in favour of regular pornography and hate speech.
Hey... (Score:4, Funny)
Oh, wait...
Re:Porn? (Score:5, Funny)
From what I can tell (roughly) at least half of /. is civil libertarian, and at least half of /. is against spam. Therefore, by pidgeonhole principal, at least one person on /. is a hypocrite.
(OK, that was a complete and utter troll.)
Re:Yay, Obama (Score:3, Funny)
Source?
Don't bother. Their "source" is Glenn Beck or similar, whom they believe without reservation.
It didn't matter who the nominee was. They've got their preferred epithets (including both "communist" and "fascist", despite being contradictions in terms). Obama could have nominated an aardvark and it would have been a communist, fascist, death-panel-craving aardvark.
Re:Yay, Obama (Score:5, Funny)
I wonder if there were any hyperbolic editorialists in those days saying, "Hitler is just like Napoleon!"
official position? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yay, Obama (Score:2, Funny)
Now, hating speech regulation is fairly clear, who doesn't hate speech regulation? I'm more curious about what form of pornography she favours, as i think this will give insight to what her opinions may be.
Re:Yay, Obama (Score:3, Funny)
Seriously, if Obama is Hitler and Bush is Hitler, what does that make Hitler?
A gold master?