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"Senate Panel Backs Kagan Nomination, With One Republican Vote"

Today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that "Elena Kagan approved by Senate Judiciary Committee in 13-6 vote; Kagan's Supreme Court nomination wins approval in a nearly party-line vote, with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina joining the majority Democrats."

The Washington Post reports that "Kagan nomination approved by Senate judiciary panel." And Dana Milbank's "Washington Sketch" column is headlined "Lindsey Graham stands apart from other Republican senators on Kagan vote."

The Boston Globe reports that "With one GOP vote, Kagan wins Senate panel's backing."

In USA Today, Joan Biskupic reports that "Kagan clears Senate panel; Supreme Court nominee heads for full vote next month."

In The Wall Street Journal, Naftali Bendavid reports that "Senate Panel Approves Kagan For High Court; Committee Votes Largely on Party Lines; She Would Become Fourth Female Justice." The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "What Case Was That Again? Kagan says she had no opinion on the ObamaCare lawsuits." And Peter Hegseth has an op-ed entitled "Kagan and the Military: What Really Happened; Her intellectually dishonest opposition to our armed forces during a time of war shows bad judgement; She doesn't belong on the Supreme Court."

The Washington Times contains articles headlined "Senate panel OKs Kagan's nomination; Obama's Supreme Court nominee now awaits full Senate vote" and "Graham explains Kagan vote; S.C. senator says he followed his conscience, not politics."

James Rosen of McClatchy Newspapers reports that "Graham only GOP senator on panel to vote for Kagan."

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined "Elena Kagan's role on Supreme Court: defender of 'ordinary people'? Elena Kagan moved one step closer Tuesday to becoming the third woman on the US Supreme Court, to the satisfaction of President Obama and women's groups; Next up: full Senate debate and a vote before the August recess."

The Des Moines Register reports that "Grassley votes no on Kagan nomination, says her answers were vague."

The Tulsa World reports that "Coburn outlines vote against Kagan."

The Vermont Press Bureau reports that "Leahy says Kagan confirmation guaranteed."

And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay entitled "Closing Arguments: The case against Kagan is a case against these hearings."

Full post as published by How Appealing on July 21, 2010 (boomark / email).