Jack Goldsmith ranks among the very best conservative legal scholars. He also wins acclaim from liberals, who applauded his criticism of the Bush administration’s legal arguments supporting aspects of the nation’s response to the attacks of 9/11, during his tenure in President Bush’s Justice Department.  This week, he endears himself to the left once again, for his Senate testimony in support of Elena Kagan’s bid for the Supreme Court.  Goldsmith — whom Kagan hired to Harvard Law School upon his departure from Justice — not only supports Kagan, but he’s also managed to call the entire Senate Judiciary Committee a pack of hypocrites.