if the Kagan family weren’t so liberal, they would work in US military prisons in Iraq
New York Magazine reported a while ago that Elena Kagan liked to torment students when she taught civil procedure. Today the Times reports that browbeating subordinates is a Kagan family trait.
On her mother, an elementary school teacher:
“I did talk to her about calming down and told her that they are still children and have a ways to go,” said Dr. Seidman, who is now director of the private Columbia Grammar School on the Upper West Side. “In almost all cases, it wasn’t anger that was vicious. It was more her being upset with the students for not wanting to push themselves a step further.”
On her brother, a high school teacher:
Aja Colon, a 16-year-old junior, saw a stricter side of Mr. Kagan, who also serves as a disciplinary dean. During an event last fall called Freshmen Fridays, Mr. Kagan tore stickers off students’ shirts that bore labels like “fresh meat” and other inappropriate phrases. “He yells,” Ms. Colon said. “He definitely yells. He’s a fan of that.”
I wish I were a senator. At the confirmation hearings I would ask Elena Kagan, “are you genetically predisposed to humiliate people who have less power than you do?”
