Republicans In Senate Investigating Kagan And Harvard Law School Plagiarism Scandal

On Monday I introduced readers to a story from Harvard Law School (alerted to me by a reader) about a scandal involving renowned Harvard professors and associates concerning ghostwriting and plagiarism. Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, was dean of the Harvard Law School during much of the time these unethical practices were taking place. It appears Kagan’s role became that of the master whitewasher to cover up the story. One could even perceive it as protecting a “friend”.

In the post of that story, I included videos and links to places readers could get more information. After the post, I also posted copies of the story at the Conservative Zone and Candid Conservatives. I followed this up with emailings – many to prominent conservative bloggers and several activists in my address book. I asked everyone to spread the word, hand out the links and call their own senators and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to alert them.

I was immediately elated and just as quickly disappointed when I read that the Judiciary Committee vote had been delayed a week. The momentary elation came when, for a fleeting nanosecond, I thought perhaps it was because of this revelation. Not so. The delay was the result of Senate Republicans seeking answers to questions concerning how Kagan would conduct herself in hearings concerning Obamacare, in which she had acted as legal council for Obama as Solicitor General.

I learned only moments ago from an email and from the “Authorskeptics” blog, that members of the Republican Party “are looking into the indications that Elena Kagan was involved in whitewash of the Larry Tribe ghostwriting scandal and — of particular concern — that she involved herself in an investigation of the charges that Tribe used ghostwriters to produce a book on which Tribe took sole credit as author ….”

There is hope. What will become of this “looking into”, only time will tell. It is important for readers to continue sending emails and making telephone calls. These senators need to know that we the people are on top of this and will settle for nothing less than the complete and accurate vetting of candidates they are required to do.

I want to personally thank everyone who took the time to notify a friend or family member, to send an email or make a phone call. I would like to ask that all of you who did, to follow that up and let them know their effort has at least awoken some in the Senate and they are looking into this. Encourage them to continue to pass the word.

I would also encourage readers to follow AuthorSkeptics for updates and other information on this as well.

Tom Remington