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Elena Kagan, Jeff Sessions Spar Over Harvard Military Recruiting Issue
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions spent much of his time during today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings going after Elena Kagan on the controversy over military recruitment at Harvard Law School while...
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Kagan: Politics Separate From Judging
Listening to NPR‘s roundup on Day 2 of the Elena Kagan confirmation hearings, this in particular struck me: Conservatives tested whether Kagan’s progressive political beliefs would creep into her work...
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Some Real Questions For Elena Kagan
Instead of all the vapidness, and the concentration on irrelevant issues, George Will poses some real questions that the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee might consider asking Elena Kagan...
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The Elena Kagan Comedy Hour
One of the things many noted about yesterday’s edition of the Kagan Confirmation Hearings was the extent to which Elena Kagan used her sense of humor to disarm her questioners: If nothing else, she...
View ArticleElena Kagan Gets Grillled……On Her Favorite Twilight Character
If you needed any more signs that the Supreme Court confirmation process had become silly and vapid, it came today when Senator Amy Klobucher asked Elena Kagan who her favor character was in the...
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Specter Opposing Kagan?
Arlen Specter, the former unreliable Republican who became an unreliable Democrat in an unsuccessful attempt to save his political career, is apparently going to stick it to his current party one more...
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Kagan Ends Testimony With Confirmation Assured
Elena Kagan wrapped up her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday with no signs at all that her confirmation is in any serious doubt: WASHINGTON — They grilled her on her handling...
View ArticleThe Confirmation Kabuki Continues…
Via the Hotline On Call: Panel To Delay Kagan Vote GOP senators will use the ability of any committee member under the panel’s rules to put off a vote for one week, several aides said. They said...
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Kagan Set To Be Least Popular Supreme Court Nominee To Be Confirmed
While Elena Kagan heads into the final votes on her nomination to the Supreme Court with victory assured, a new Gallup poll shows that she does so with the lowest approval rating of any recent...
View ArticleLindsey Graham First Republican To Announce Support For Kagan
This doesn’t entirely come as a surprise, but South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham announced today that he will be voting in favor of Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court: Sen. Lindsey Graham...
View ArticleBen Nelson (D., Neb) To Vote Against Kagan
Somewhat surprisingly, Democratic Senator Ben Nelson announced late yesterday that he would vote against Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court: Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.) said Friday that he will...
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Kagan Recuses Herself From 21 Of 40 Cases SCOTUS Will Hear In 2010-11 Term
It was widely anticipated that Elena Kagan’s first year or two on the bench as an Associate Justice would require her to recuse herself from cases that she had been involved with while serving as...
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House Democrats Call On Justice Thomas To Recuse Himself From Heathcare...
Given all the press attention that’s been given to the political activism of Virginia Thomas, this doesn’t come as a surprise at all: Seventy-four House Democrats have signed a letter to Clarence...
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Should Justice Kagan Recuse Herself From Health Care Reform Case?
With the Supreme Court now on track to hear the lawsuit challenging the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act in March, with a June ruling likely, the political maneuvering is beginning. One of...
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