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Senators say they do not want elena kagan on the supreme court. the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, alaska senator lisa murkowski, and utah senator orrin hatch all say they will oppose kagans nomination. hatch called kagan a brilliant scholar but questioned her legal experience. minority leader mcconnell questions whether kagan would be an impartial jurist when applying the law. with a democratic majority in the senate kagans confirmation is still viewed as all but certain. and an unma...

Harvards existing policy and kicked the military out of the recruiting office in violation of federal law. her actions punished the military and demeaned our soldiers as they were courageously fighting for our country in two wars overseas. as someone who feels the burden of sending such young men and women into harms way, and you spent much time drafting and redrafting legislation to ensure military recruiters were treated fairly on campus, i cant take this issue lightly. >> one of the key quest...

Firedog lake. the primary line of questioning around ms. kagan on her first day of having been made the official nominee is there doesnt seem to be that much of a paper trail. people dont feel like they have a sense of where shes coming from. >> i think thats fair. its not as though shes been a judge for 20 years writing about the tough issues that confront the judge. what you have seen is someone who can frame legal issues and argued before the supreme court in her capacity as solicitor general...

Comes off looking like amateur wife swapping. but a spouse would know better than to divulge kagans nickname. >> shorty. >> shes confident, shes intelligent, she is short. >> reporter: so short at 53", that president obama gallantly -- >> let me get this out for you. >> reporter: -- pulled out a pedestal for kagan to step on to. not that we in the press ever use anything to make us easier to see. whether kagan climbs to the highest judicial rung may hinge on the argument that shes never even bee...

Anxiety? >> its that blank slate that governor spitzer talked about. its not just choice although thats part of it. its also the role of corporations in the united states. its also in particular executive power. the obama administration has continued the bush administrations policy of expanding executive power in ways that threaten the constitution and we have nothing but a blank slate really to know about whether kagan is going to allow that to expand. when you look at the last eight years, ten...

Kagan for that matter. pat leahy will oversee the hearing and says he expects confirmation by labor day. >> the process is an opportunity for all americans to learn about the impact of the courts decisions on hour lives and not as a venue for partisan political attacks on the presidents nominee. >> for their part, republicans appear to be holding fire for the time being. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell releasing a statement claiming that the gop would not rush to judgment on the nominatio...

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