WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee has gaveled to order historic Supreme Court hearings for Elana Kagan, a Clinton era legal adviser who is the second woman President Barack Obama has put forward for a seat on the bench.
Camera crews clustered in front of the witness table as Kagan, who has served as solicitor general for Obama, came in and took her seat for much-awaited questioning by senators. Republicans, particularly, are ready to interrogate Kagan on what judicial temperament she would exhibit on the court.
Kagan is ready to say she’ll judge cases with impartiality and modesty. She’s been a pioneering figure for women in law, the first female Harvard law school dean and the first to argue the government’s cases before the high court as solicitor general.
