"'Dynamic' Duo of Kagan, Sotomayor Add Vigor to Court" (USA Today)

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<p>Elena</a> Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor Add Vigor to Supreme Court - ABC News and USA Today</p>

<p>"After each Supreme Court appointment in recent years, the arguments before the justices have gotten more energetic and forceful. Now, the two newest justices, Sonia Sotomayor [Princeton '76] and Elena Kagan [Princeton '81], are changing that dynamic even further — and offering a glimpse of how they could reshape the court's liberal wing. . . . (continued)</p>

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<p>This is a story about the growing influence of the two most recent Princeton graduates to be Justices of the Supreme Court. Interestingly, of the three Princeton graduates currently serving on the U.S. Supreme Court, the two noted above are very liberal while the third (Justice Samuel Alito '72) is quite conservative.</p>

<p>Twelve U.S. Supreme Court Justices have attended Princeton for undergraduate school, more than any other undergraduate institution in U.S. history. The second leading institutions are Harvard College and Yale College each of which has graduated ten.</p>

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<p>And these liberal schumcks are something for which anyone or institution should feel proud, the two of whom are synonymous with the characters of Mutt and Jeff? Their liberal constitution should be confined to a straight jacket in an insane asylum.</p>

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<p>Sotomayor and Kagan are not Liberals. They may be liberal compared with Clarence Thomas but they’re nothing compared to the Brennan/Marshall/Blackmuns of the world. Sad.</p>

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<p>How is it sad that we don’t have two new justices with extreme political views?</p>

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<p>@TrueLove: Exactly. We should instead defer to your brilliant insights into Constitutional theory. Also, Kagan can hardly be described as all that liberal, especially when you look into her views on executive power.</p>

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<p>The article didn’t mention that they went to Princeton. I’m incensed.</p>