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Questions are being raised about President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, not about her opinions on key issues, but about what they say is a flat-out lack of opinions.

Kagan, a former dean of Harvard’s Law School, has never been a judge or held political office. Some say there just isn’t enough out there to determine what kind of justice she’d be. Politico says both parties are skeptical.

“President Barack Obama’s supporters on the left are questioning whether Kagan is liberal enough — and the shortage of past writings has given conservatives ammunition to attack Kagan’s qualifications for the high court.”

On Fox News, contributor Tucker Carlson calls for more writings to be released, and says the White House is covering up that Kagan is actually a liberal.

TUCKER CARLSON: "... there’s no evidence she’s a political moderate. That’s a talking point; it’s silly. She’s a liberal. ... It’s a lifetime appointment. You ought to know what the person stands for and the best way to find out is by looking at the written record, so I think they have a moral obligation, I hope they will have a political obligation to release these memos.”

A blogger for U.S. News & World Report agrees, saying President Obama is using Kagan’s scant record to push his own priorities.

“…the record available for examination is very thin. … President Obama says he wants the Senate to put a rubber stamp to her nomination and confirm her quickly, likely because he expects her to be a rubber stamp for his agenda...”

But a writer for Forbes says that Kagan’s record actually has liberals suspicious of ulterior motives.

“Kagan has prominent critics on the left who believe she is almost a closet conservative who would tilt the law significantly to the right.”

HLN quotes Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, who says without writings to examine, Kagan’s other actions must be looked at.

“The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jeff Sessions, said her stand on gays in the military is a ‘significant issue.’ As Harvard Law School Dean Kagan banned military recruiters because of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, well Sessions says such actions deserve extra scrutiny because she has never served as a judge.”

And MSNBC did just that. The network combed through Kagan’s past to find her stances on many hot topics.

“She supported banning late-term abortion, she had in fact lobbied the president at the time to ban those, that she supported banning human cloning, and both of those could anger the left here. She also criticized don’t ask don’t tell, and that’s something conservatives are concerned about.”

So is Kagan a good fit for the Supreme Court, or are her critics justified?

Writer: Lauren Zima

Producer: Newsy Staff