President Barack Obama has nominated current Solicitor General, Elena Kagan, former Harvard Law School dean, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice John Paul Stevens. Court watchers suggest Obama’s primary reason for choosing Kagan is the belief that she’s has the intellectual gravitas to serve as a counterweight to Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia. Kagan is unique since she has never served as a judge, and since she’s only 50 Kagan expected to serve for many years.

Also, the ObamaCare “age 26” rule goes into effect this week, allowing young adults up to age 26 to stay on their parent’s health insurance policy. The federal Health and Human Services department is expected to publish updates rules governing the process, though it should be noted that these “children” in most cases won’t be able to get on their parent’s plan until 2014 if they had an opportunity for coverage from their employer. More important, conservatives have pointed out that many young adults simply do not want health insurance, which may prove troublesome when the individual mandate is fully implemented.

Bottom Line: Though Kagan will likely draw some heat from her work on an advisory board for Goldman Sachs, she’ll draw the most criticism for her opposition to military recruiters on the campus of Harvard’s Law School because she believed the current Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy violates Harvard’s “anti-discrimination” policy.

Given Obama’s remaining agenda leading up to November, conservatives would be wise to draw on every conceivable problem Kagan poses, and drag this confirmation process out as long as reasonably possible.

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