Plenty. At least that's how the Family Research Council sees it. I am writing this on Sunday night, and the airwaves are confirming that
Obama will announce her nomination tomorrow. Anticipating this move, the FRC wrote two days ago:
Kagan will face two major stumbling blocks right out of the gate: her anti-military views and her ties to Goldman Sachs.
Conservatives know Kagan as the Harvard Law School Dean who tried to bar the military from college campuses, an issue she fought all the way to the Supreme Court. At the time, even Ruth Bader Ginsberg, one of the court's most liberal justices, couldn't find a way to justify Kagan's position. Her incredibly hostile view of the military puts Kagan well outside the American mainstream.
Adding to her resume of hard-Left activism, Kagan is a passionate supporter of hate crimes laws. People on both sides of the aisle will be critical of her legal experience--or lack thereof. Until last year, she had never litigated a case or verdict to trial. To read more about Kagan, check out FRC's backgrounder.
Me: I highlighted above that she is an ardent supporter of hate crime laws. I think them odious, an unjustifiable, "politically correct" addenda to ordinary law, and for that reason alone I would oppose her nomination.
Update 5/10/10 - Ed Morrissey: Kagan's performance before the Supreme Court as Solicitor General has not
been particularly impressive.