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Court Decides On Kagan's Role For Obama Health Care Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 03.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday morning denied a conservative watchdog group's request to argue for Justice Elena Kagan's recusal from the h...

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Both Sides Now w/ Huffington & Matalin: On Kagan, Gay Marriage, Birthers, Spitzer

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

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Prodded by host Mark Green, the women would have both voted to confirm Kagan but they split sharply on whether today's Birthers are no worse than W's detractors were. The women, however, agreed that Spitzer was terrific.

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Friday Talking Points [133] -- The Silly Season Begins

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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August in Washington means the beginning of the official "silly season" of politics. This is because Congress takes the whole month off, and politica...

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Now That it Made History With Elena Kagan, the Senate Should Do Our Lower Courts Justice

Marcia D. Greenberger | Posted 05.25.2011

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During this time of celebration, we have concrete evidence of how much progress the country has made and can make. But we cannot lose sight of how much more remains to be achieved.

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Elena Kagan CONFIRMED To Supreme Court

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan Thursday as the Supreme Court's 112th justice and the fourth woman in its history, granting a life...

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Kagan Senate Debate Begins, Confirmation On Track

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans presented dueling portraits Tuesday of Elena Kagan and the Supreme Court she's seeking to join at the sta...

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Ben Nelson Opposes Elena Kagan, First Democrat To Do So

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson says he'll vote against confirming Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice. The Nebraskan's announcement...

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Olympia Snowe To Vote For Elena Kagan, Raising GOP Senator Count To Four

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe says she plans to vote to confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice. The Maine lawmaker's annou...

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Susan Collins Becomes Third GOP Senator To Announce Support For Elena Kagan

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Republican Senator Susan Collins said Friday that she would vote to confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice, breaking with h...

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Elena Kagan's Writings Offer Clues To Her Judicial Philosophy

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Elena Kagan, a Supreme Court nominee without judicial experience, has suggested in writings and speeches over a quarter-century tha...

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Jeff Sessions Announces Opposition To Elena Kagan Nomination

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Pushing toward an election-year Supreme Court confirmation vote, a polarized Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved Elena Kaga...

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Arlen Specter Will Vote To Confirm Elena Kagan

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) has decided to support Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination, writing in a US Today editorial Thursday morning that she ...

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Elena Kagan Conservative Friends Voice Support

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Conservative lawyers and academics are voicing support for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, praise that could soften criticism fr...

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Elena Kagan Supreme Court Confirmation Unlikely To Face Republican Filibuster

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — As Democrats pressed Monday for an early August vote to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the next Supreme Court justice, sk...

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Obama Poll Watch -- June, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama, after gaining a bit in his average approval ratings in May, slipped back in June. But the reversal was slight, continuing a five-month streak of amazingly stable numbers.

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Kagan Fundraising At Harvard Could Create Unique Ethics Questions On Supreme Court

AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — One talent Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan displayed in her career climb could create unique ethics questions for her as a justic...

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Elena Kagan's College Years: At Princeton She Was Both 'Vivacious' And Reserved

Posted 05.25.2011

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As a college student at Princeton in the late 1970's and early 1980's, Elena Kagan established herself as a committed academic and a passionate politi...

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Jason Linkins Discusses Kagan Hearings With Rachel Maddow (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hearings are underway to investigate the background of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, but who's investigating the backgrounds of the witnesses? H...

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NRA Threatens To Use Elena Kagan Confirmation Vote Against Lawmakers

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association is opposing Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court and warning senators that it will take the...

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The Kagan Hearings: How Low Can You Go?

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let's just consider purely Elena Kagan's job that she is being disparaged for: Elena Kagan clerked for a Supreme Court Justice. That's it. Period.

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Supreme Court Helps Out Kagan

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Supreme Court has yanked the rug out from under the argument that Kagan shouldn't have had the option to bar military recruiters from campus while dean of Harvard law school. Today's ruling affirms that right for universities.

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The Hypocrisy of Senate Judicial Confirmation Hearings

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Can you imagine a trial in which the judge commenced the proceedings by announcing their verdicts and then calling for the submission of evidence? The Senate hearing on a judicial nominee is not a trial, but it certainly is akin to one.

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A Tale Of Two Kagans

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Elena Kagan strode into Day 1 of her confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court with a broad grin and a bounce in her step. She eme...

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Kagan Confirmation Hearing LiveBlog

Doug Kendall | Posted 05.25.2011

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We'll be liveblogging the Kagan confirmation hearings all week long for HuffPost. Please join us to watch the live feed, ask questions, and leave comments.

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Kagan Senate Hearings: A Look At The Senators Judging A Would-Be Supreme Court Justice

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A cast of graybeards, rising stars and a lame duck once in charge convenes Monday as the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider giv...

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