https://redstate.com/brian_d/2010/06/30/today-in-washington-june-30-2010/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 07:59:07 -0400<![CDATA[Clearly, President Obama&#8217;s nominee to the Supreme Court Elena Kagan does not believe in a limited federal government.  Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) asked her whether the federal government has the power to tell Americans that they have to eat &#8220;three vegetables and three fruits every day.&#8221;  Kagan declined to use that question as an opportunity to state that the federal government has limited powers and used the question as an opportunity to argue that the federal government has expansive powers under Supreme Court precedent.  Clearly, Kagan would uphold the individual mandate, uphold gun bans, and provide rubber stamp many controversial decisions of her current boss, President Obama.  The Senate is supposed to protect against cronyism and extremism on the Courts, yet Senators seem poised to confirm a nominee who evidences a predisposition to rubber stamp ObamaCare and gut the Second Amendment.]]>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:00:56 -0400<![CDATA[Brian Darling]]>https://redstate.com/brian_d/2010/06/30/today-in-washington-june-30-2010-n35328