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But as i said, i don't know that goes to this larger question of whether she's having a huge influence over them on the jurisprudential front. it all comes down to anthony kennedy at the center there and i think the suggestion that she's going to have the ability to really shape and change kennedy's mind the way john paul stevens did, i think again is a bit of an overstatement of a very complicated relationship between stevens and kennedy. >> one last brief question for you, dchblgt a dalia. one thing that glenn raised earlier when i was speaking with him is the controversy over elena kagan's ...

Program, her hiring record altogether harvard law school. her real concern is avoiding expressing opinion. >> i want to ask you about some of those overt things in the record you just mentioned. but first, when you wrote your critique of kagan for salon a month ago, one piece of her record hadn't come to light, a letter she wrote in 2005 with three other law school deans, opposing guantanamo in the courts and that letter did strongly criticize the bush administration's expansion of executive power. that's just come out in the last few days. does that letter, the existence of that letter leven ...

Minutes into the overtime and we failed to pull off the last minute comeback. there was notable faces in the crowd including former president bill clinton and singer mick jagger. ghana is now the only african team still advancing into the semifinal. well, the president's nominee to the supreme court is set to go before the senate judiciary committee tomorrow as several senators say, they have some tough questions for elena kagan. steve centanni is here with more on whether we can expect any fireworks. hi, steve. >> hi, shannon. yeah, elena kagan is spending hours every day getting ready for a ...

Nominee at least in the last 50 years. many are suggesting this is a done deal and the committee hearings would make no difference, but i think this nominee does have serious deficiencies. if things come out that indicate she's so far outside the mainstream, it's conceivable a filibuster might occur. >> let's talk with one of the senators who will be questioning elana kagan. a democrat from minnesota, a graduate from the university of chicago law school, also a member of the judiciary committee. thanks very much for joining us. you had said you support this nomination, but as you may have hear...

Belief in executive power, her praise for bush justice department lawyers who sanctioned the illegal warrantless eavesdropping program, her hiring record at harvard law school. these all need to be explored, but the real concern is her avoiding expressing opinion. >> i want to ask you about some of those overt things in the record you just mentioned. but first, when you wrote your critique of kagan for "salon" a month ago, one piece of her record hadn't come to light, a letter she wrote in 2005 with three other law school deans, opposing a proposal about guantanamo in the courts and that lette...