Today in Washington, May 14, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  May 14th at 11:00 AM  | 

The Elena Kagan nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is still in the early stages, but problems are emerging.  Meet and greets for Kagan completed Day 2 and more one-on-one meetings are expected in the days ahead.  Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Scott Brown (R-MA) sounded like supporters of Kagan after one-on-one meetings and had nice things to say about the nominee.  Maybe they don’t even know that Kagan | Read More »

Today in Washington – May 13, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  May 13th at 11:00 AM  | 

Today will be another day of Obama Solicitor General Elena Kagan one-on-one meetings with Senators.  As Senators review the qualifications and actions of Elena Kagan to be the next Supreme Court Justice, they should hold her to the high standard that she sought to impose on conservative nominees.  In 1995 Kagan wrote a review of the book “The Confirmation Mess” by Stephen L. Carter and she complained of | Read More »