There’s an interesting pattern among the members of the military who are weighing into Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination. On one side, we have members [1] of the military [2] who were at Harvard [2] when Kagan was Dean and have showed up to testify or written letters in support her confirmation. And then there are the conservative activists [3]who the GOP has recruited to testify against the Solicitor General and who, as far as I can tell, have never so much as met her.
All of these people should be commended for their military service. But are they equally qualified to speak about Kagan’s record?