Fourteen years ago, to protect President Clinton's position on partial-birth abortions, Elena Kagan doctored a statement by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Conservatives think this should disqualify her from the Supreme Court. They understate the scandal. It isn't Kagan we should worry about. It's the whole judiciary.
Kagan, who was then an associate White House counsel, was doing her job: advancing the president's interests. The real culprit wasACOG, which adopted Kagan's spin without acknowledgment. But the larger problem is the credence subsequently given to ACOG's statement by courts, including the Supreme Court. Judges have put too much faith in statements from scientific organizations. This credulity must stop.
Another group of America's 'leaders' who can't be trusted to tell the truth. And people wonder why large institutions are distrusted so. As they say: Read the whole thing.
H/T Instapundit
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