Not really...it was actually pretty popular around teddy roosevelt's time. Is 'libertarian' the new buzzwords conservatives that were had by the bush administration use to describe themselves...? Neither really means anything. There's little point in those labels unless you're glenn beck or some other idiot.
In fact, jeff sessions asked her if she was a 'legal progressive' and her answer was 'i don't know what that means'. Good for her.
My question was actually whether there was anything specific you guys object to about her, not why you don't like barack obama and the people he is likely to appoint. "She's a progressive" is sort of a BS glenn beck answer...
And the commerce clause question was gotcha politics. There was no answer to that question and definitely none that she could have given that would be acceptable to the interrogators and the freedom crowd.
She held up pretty well all things considered...
The term libertarian has been hijacked. If you don't beleive in inititating force you might be libertarian, if you do believe in initiaing force you are NOT a libertarian. Many so called libertarians are NOT libertarian, regardless of their assertions.
Disagree with the gotcha question. She could have said there IS a limitation on government, she chose not to. The interstate commerce clause became elastic years ago and is responsible for many evils, she prefers to keep it in her arsenal for more government control should she become a Supreme.
Free(er) people means less government. Kagan represents more government, she will be part of an element that will steal freedom and call it "for your own good". That's the same kind of "logic" that causes prohibitive laws....like Marijuana prohibition. I encourage people to seek truth and reject political partisanship. Other than Clarence Thomas, most Supremes have shown me they are political creatures and use their positions to bolster an ideology rather than safeguard freedom.
Kagan's non answer was indicative, she will not protect freedom ,she will steal, wait and see.