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Republicans Win Delay of Elena Kagan Confirmation Vote
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRepublicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have won a one-week delay of a vote on Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, citing the need to review reams of documents related to Kagan's work in the Clinton administration, as well as written answers to questions from six committee Republicans, which she submitted only Friday. The move is one of the few procedural maneuvers Republicans have to slow Kagan's confirmation process, which has moved smoothly thus far. Although the committee's chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), has the authority to schedule the panel's votes, the minority ...
Elena Kagan Confirmation Hearings to Begin June 28
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced Wednesday that the Senate Judiciary Committee begin confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court on June 28, with the goal of wrapping up the process before senators leave Washington for the Fourth of July recess. "Some would like more time, and I'm sure some would like it earlier," Leahy said when he announced the dates for the hearings, which should last four or five days. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the Judiciary Committee's top Republican, met with Leahy on Tuesday and told him Republicans wanted more time -- at least ...
Republicans Zero In on Kagan's Stance on Military Recruiting at Harvard
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyPreviewing one of the issues certain to come up during confirmation hearings of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, Senate Republicans made clear Sunday that Kagan's actions as dean of Harvard Law School in banning military recruiters would be a major point of contention. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said on ABC's This Week that Kagan's record on the military recruitment issue is "no little bitty matter," while committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), called it "sound and fury signifying nothing." The law school had adopted a policy in ...
Elena Kagan's Senate Rounds: Day 2 Includes Seven More Stops
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyEight senators down, 92 to go. That's the count as of Thursday morning for the arduous and sometimes awkward road that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan must travel as she meets with the 100 U.S. senators who hold her professional fate in their hands. On Wednesday, the current solicitor general sat down with the most senior members of the Senate -- five Democrats and three Republicans -- for meetings that ranged from an hour-long murder board with Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to a relatively casual meet-and-greet with Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.). Kagan continues her march on the Hill ...
Sessions to Vote 'No' on Sotomayor
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWith Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court scheduled for a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee tomorrow, the top Republican on the committee, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions announced today that he will vote against her. ...
Two More Nos for Sotomayor
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyTwo more senators, John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), said Friday they'll vote to oppose Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court. Both Cornyn and Hatch sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where each quizzed the judge last week on her views of abortion and the Second Amendment, and on her past statement that she would hope a "wise Latina" would make better judgments than a white man.In his speech on the Senate floor, Cornyn said Friday that although Sotomayor had performed well during the nomination hearings, she had expressed "very radical ideas" about the role of a ...
Ante Up: The Supreme Court Poker Tournament
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyBonnie compares the back and forth between Sonia Sotomayor and her Senate questioners to the airy give-and-take of a Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire dance. But it's not ballroom dance -- or musicals like those mentioned by Melinda and Mary -- that I've been thinking about; it's poker. Observe the senators as they shuffle their cards -- some choosing easy friendliness and others taking a more aggressive line -- as they try to get Sotomayor to reveal exactly what she's holding. Can Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) raise the stakes with a mere mention of firefighter Frank Ricci, a central figure in a ...
Firefighters Case Looms Large for Sotomayor
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWhen the Supreme Court issues its final rulings of this term on Monday morning, the White House and senators from both parties will be watching most intently for the results of one particular case. That case is Ricci et al. v. DeStefano et al. , a reverse-discrimination case in which 20 firefighters from New Haven, Conn., known as the New Haven 20, are suing the City of New Haven over the civil service test the city administered as a part of the promotion process for the fire department. **UPDATE- The Supreme Court has reversed the Ricci decision, on a 5-4 vote.** ...
Republicans to Sotomayor: Try Again
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyThe Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have sent a four-page letter to Judge Sonia Sotomayor telling her that some of the answers she submitted on the committee's questionnaire are incomplete and need to be redone. The senators also make a not-so-subtle reference to what they feel is a too-short window to evaluate Sotomayor's lengthy record. "It is important that your information be complete to permit the Committee to properly evaluate your record in the short time that has been provided," the senators wrote yesterday. "If you feel your questionnaire is fully responsive, we ...
More Reaction on Sotomayor: 'Why Would They Oppose Her?'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyReaction to the president's choice of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court is rolling in. so far, Democrats are strongly supportive, while Republicans, especially those who will be involved in her nomination process, are withholding official judgment.The most recently added are up top:Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) via Twitter: "Applauds the nomination of Judge Sotomayor. If confirmed she would bring an excellent record to the court, as well as needed diversity.Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) via Twitter:"It's a terrific pick. Like her background as a courtroom prosecutor & trial judge....Originally ...
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