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Elena Kagan’s Confirmation Hearings – Day 2

OFA has a video on highlights from yesterday’s hearings:

Kagan, as was expected, was dodgy in her answers. “She’s doing exactly what she criticized other nominees for doing. She’s dancing,” Senator Coburn said in an interview. The White House’s comments:

During her 10 hours of testimony, Elena Kagan was so clear and forthcoming that she removed any doubt about her ability to live up to the so-called ‘Kagan standard.’ She demonstrated a

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It’s Kagan

Rumor has it that when President Obama announced Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court this morning, Vice President Biden, standing next to him, pulled him over and whispered in his ear, “This is a good fucking choice.”

But seriously. The suspense is over: what we all suspected to happen has, indeed, happened. Late last night the news broke that Elena Kagan has been tapped by President Obama to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on our… Read More

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