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Aug. 6, 2010
Obama Touts Humor, History on Kagan Victory Lap
One day after the Senate voted to confirm his pick for the Supreme Court, President Obama took to the East Room of the White House with the soon-to-be Justice Elena Kagan for a bit of a victory lap. Watch his and her remarks.
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Aug. 5, 2010
U.S. Senate Approves Kagan to Join Supreme Court
The U.S. Senate voted 63 to 37 Thursday afternoon to approve Elena Kagan as an associate justice to the Supreme Court, making her the fourth woman to become a justice on the nation's highest court and the third woman on the current court.
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July 2, 2010
Gwen's Take: Who Knew the Supreme Court Could Be Funny?
Although one of the high court's most conservative justices, Antonin Scalia, probably disagrees with President Obama's nominee, Elena Kagan, on nearly everything involving Constitutional interpretation, they may find common ground when it comes to cracking each other up.
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July 1, 2010
Are Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Getting Longer?
Elena Kagan is done with her testimony before the the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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June 30, 2010
Wednesday: Leahy Hopes to Wrap Up Kagan Hearings; Alex Halts Oil Cleanup
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan moves one step closer Wednesday to succeeding Justice John Paul Stevens as day three of her confirmation hearings begin in the morning.
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- RealClearPolitics
- The Washington Post: Politics Blogs
- Chris Cillizza: The Fix
- Marc Ambinder
- The Economist: Democracy in America
- Talking Points Memo
- The National Review: The Corner
- Politico: Ben Smith
- The Hotline
- Andrew Sullivan: The Daily Dish
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- Time: Swampland
- Mark Halperin: The Page
- Politics Daily: The Cram
- Economy
- Planet Money
- The Volokh Conspiracy
- Greg Mankiw
- Paul Krugman
- Nightly Business Report: XChange
- Marketplace Scratch Pad w/ Scott Jagow
- Calculated Risk
- Baseline Scenario
- Footnoted
- The New York Times: Freakonomics
- A Wealth of Knowledge
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