Via Breitbart.TV, here’s a clip of comments that Elena Kagan made in 1997 about Judge Bork’s confirmation hearing, including: “I loved what happened in the Bork hearings…. The Bork hearings were great. The Bork hearings were educational. The Bork hearings were the best thing that happened, ever happened, to constitutional democracy.”

What a revealing assessment of the shameful smearing of Judge Bork. Even from a left-wing partisan, the sentence I’ve italicized is so extravagant and ridiculous that it’s difficult to believe that any intelligent person could utter it.

Update: A couple of readers have told me that they think that I’m misconstruing Kagan’s remarks and that Kagan meant merely to celebrate the open discussion of constitutional issues. On re-review of her “Confirmation Mess” article, I think that they’re right. My sincere apologies for the error. (I’ve also changed the title of this post accordingly.)