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Abortion, things like the military recruitment issue, you know, free speech issues are going to be important, and i also think there will be others. >> reporter: in a book review in the '90s when she was working for the clinton administration elena indicationan wrote that the hearings process is essentially become hollow, they're not probative questions, they don't get to the meat of the issue and don't illustrate much about the nominee's judicial philosophy. she's going to get grilled on it, orrin hatch is referring to a number of things. as dean of harvard law school, she was around when the...

Hearings. those begin right now. megyn: hi everybody, welcome to washington, i'm meg -- megyn kelly. >> i'm bret baier. in minutes, the nominee hearings begin. megyn: today is a day for opening statements, introductions and expectations hetting -- setting by the judiciary committee members and kagan, it will also be the chance to hear from the nominee in her own words since she was nominated. >> we have fox team coverage of the hearing, wendell goler is at the white house to tell us why president obama chose indicationan to be the next supreme court justice, shannon bream is at the supreme cou...

I think it's important for judges to follow legal precedent and congressional intent and we've seen many 5-4 decisions in recent years this & which the supreme court did just the opposite, reversing legal precedent and reversing congressional legislation and intent. and it's been the so-called conservative judges, those that are supposed to be exercises judicial restraint, that were on the side of the majority of the court. i have confidence that elena indicationan will follow legal precedent, will follow congressional intent in the best traditions of the supreme court. >> and senator sessions...

Blocking the career crfses because of don't ask don't tell. she has a sterling resume a. top academic, she briefly practiced as a lur and was solicitor general. she is solicitor general now. the hearings for those were a little more than a year ago and it is interesting, she did face tough questioning there but now senators saying it's nothing like what she's going to get this time around because then she was up for a position that's got a finite period of time. this time we're talking about a lifetime appointment. when it comes to questioning and how well she answers that, a lot of nominees i...

Elena indicationan, she's in the building, and will be here for the opening remarks in a little while, she'll be sworn in here, introduced by two senators from massachusetts, scott brown and john kerry, it's a bipartisan deal, and our camera folks align it, when they don't work up here, we'll be in the sky boxful we'll call it for you play by play through the duration. there is the possibility of some partisanship but probably not so much today. it's basically just opening statements. ms. kagan will make hers, the senators will have the opportunities, all seven republicans, all 12 democrats, a...