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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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Elena Kagan Supreme Court Nomination Undeserved: University Of Colorado Law Professor

The Daily Beast | Paul Campos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court is an abuse of the trust granted to him by the nearly 70 million voters who put him in o...

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Elena Kagan, Supreme Court Nominee: Who Is She?

Huffington Post | Shriram Harid | Posted 05.25.2011

Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination marks the culmination of an illustrious career in both academia and government. Before serving as the Solicitor...

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Supreme Court Nominee Playbook

AP | By NANCY BENAC | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Obama Interviews Elena Kagan For Supreme Court Nominee

Newsweek | By Daniel Klaidman and Ben Adler | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEWSWEEK has learned that President Obama interviewed Solicitor General Elena Kagan at the White House on Friday for the open seat on the Supreme Cour...

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Elena Kagan's Stance On Military Recruiting Called 'Troubling And Appalling' By Soldiers' Group

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — An organization representing soldiers' families says Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's position on military recruitment at Harvar...

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Cirque du Soleil Scheduled for Return Engagement at Senate Judiciary Committee

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominees are entertaining, but that is not their real purpose. They are intended to elicit information about the nominee.

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Obama: No 'Litmus Test' On SCOTUS Nominee, Name Coming Soon

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama said on Wednesday that he has no "litmus test" when it comes to choosing a Supreme Court nominee -- a choice that he said is likely to...

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Kagan, Gays, and the Bogus Right Wing Ideas Factory

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Elena Kagan has emerged a front-runner for President Obama's nomination to the Supreme Court, the right wing's opposition playbook has not been updated in decades. But the world has changed around it.

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Elena Kagan Gay Rumor: White House Upset Over CBS News Blog

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration charged CBS News with being out of line Thursday for suggesting that possible Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is out of the...

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Republican Says 45,000 Pages Of Kagan Documents Inadequate

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

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The William J. Clinton Presidential Library on Friday released more than 45,000 pages of documents relating to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's tim...

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Kagan Files From Clinton Era Headed To Senate

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Newly released documents from her days as an aide to former President Bill Clinton portray Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan as a p...

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Elena Kagan: Way Too Boring For Scandal-Starved Media

Dan Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

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The mere specks of spongy legal dirt from Elena Kagan's past do not exactly offer the fleshy and easily understandable outrage that serves as the media's lifeblood.

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Elena Kagan REACTIONS: First Thoughts On Supreme Court Nominee

Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 05.25.2011

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The first reactions to Elena Kagan being nominated for Supreme Court justice are streaming in now that President Barack Obama has formally announced h...

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Sotomayor Confirmation: Senate's Lone Hispanic Republican Mel Martinez Backs Sotomayor

AP | By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate's lone Hispanic Republican says he'll vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Florida Republican Mel Martinez call...

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Sotomayor Says Roe v. Wade Is Established Law (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor declared unequivocally on Tuesday that the right to choose an abortion, as determined by Roe v. Wade, was established as law by ...

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Sotomayor Hearings (VIDEO, UPDATES): Day 2

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor appeared Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the second day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Our full liv...

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Sotomayor Champion D'Amato Goes Silent On Supreme Court Nomination

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Several weeks after Supreme Court Justice David Souter announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, former Republican Sen. Alfonse D'Amato wrote a...

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Top Republican Has Effusive Praise For Sotomayor (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, let his Republican counterpart do the heavy lifting o...

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Sotomayor's Reasoning

Linda Martín Alcoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judge Sotomayor has simply stated upfront what most of us know full well: identity affects experience, and experience makes a difference in our judgment.

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Leahy Rips GOP For Blocking Sotomayor -- In 1998 (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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The conservative effort to keep Sonia Sotomayor off the U.S. Supreme Court is more than a decade old. Sen. Patrick Leahy, the top Democrat on the Jud...

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Jesus Christ Nominated To Supreme Court; Republicans Oppose Candidacy On Principle (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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A recent post (about Jesus' nomination to the highest court in the land and his subsequent defaming by the Republicans) on the Daily Kos inspired sati...

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Lawmakers Press For Second Black Justice

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Congressional Black Caucus is launching a campaign to persuade President Obama to appoint one of their members to the Supreme Court seat that will...

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As Specter Moves to the Left, So Does the Supreme Court

Carl Jeffers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Having a 60-vote filibuster-proof Senate for the president changes the dynamic entirely for Obama's Supreme Court nominee selections, and it changes it in his favor.

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