Legal Niches

Kagan Confirmation Hearings Kick Off

By pete_gallagher

Solicitor General Elena Kagan today begins what could be a grueling week of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee as she attempts to become a Supreme Court Justice, and, eventually perhaps, cast her lot in Schwarzenegger vs. EMA.

Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod expressed some concern over Kagan's confirmation, citing a 'hyper-partisanship' in Congress and looming midterm elections as reasons that Republican votes to confirm Kagan might be hard to come by.

Axelrod stated, 'On the merits, we think that this should be an easy decision for the committee and for the Senate. We also live in an extraordinarily polarized political climate, and therefore we are preparing to make a vigorous case.'

The Judiciary Committee is made up of twelve Democrats and seven Republicans.
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on June 28, 2010 (boomark / email).