| The questioning process got under way for Elana | | | | Committee, Kagan said the court must ensure that |
| Kagan today. The two political parties have been | | | | "our government never oversteps its proper bounds |
| locked into this paradigm of do unto others as you | | | | or violates the rights of individuals." |
| would never want it done to you. | | | | Right, and who really believes that especially after |
| So, when there's a Republican nomination, the | | | | having looked at her record! |
| Democrats go on a feeding frenzy, and when we | | | | Kagan's opening testimony marked the beginning of a |
| have a Democratic nominees like Elana, it's full bore | | | | marathon high-pressure vetting by the committee, in |
| ahead with the prospect of a FILIBUSTER bombing if | | | | which members will scrutinize her record. Her remarks |
| need be. It seems as though this is the nature of | | | | also came after the GOP, including the top Republican |
| politics. Kill the other person before they kill you, but | | | | on the Senate Judiciary Committee, voiced concerns |
| above all, do the best hatchet job you can. | | | | over the 50-year-old solicitor general, telling the panel |
| I am neither Republican nor Democrat. My "internal | | | | that her career has been "consumed more by politics |
| operating system" is more geared to individualism | | | | than law." |
| with compassion ( combination of some of the | | | | If it wasn't that, it would be something else I am |
| proclamations of both parties) ; however, saying | | | | sure. |
| you're a compassionate conservative and BEING one | | | | Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., ranking Republican on the |
| is two different worlds. | | | | panel, said Kagan's record warrants close questioning |
| Supreme Court nominee Elana Kagan pledged on | | | | as the Senate considers her appointment to the |
| Monday to do her best to consider "every case | | | | nation's highest court. "Ms. Kagan certainly has |
| impartially, modestly, with commitment to principle | | | | numerous talents and good qualities, but there are |
| and in accordance with law" if appointed to the | | | | serious concerns about this nomination," he said. Is |
| nation's highest court. Speaking on the first day of | | | | anyone really surprised by his statements? |
| her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary | | | | Let the show continue! |