In related news, we mentioned that President Barack Obama requested the National Archives to release all supportive documents on Elena Kagan’s work and it seems like the judiciary board will have a lot of reading to do, because these “documents” are spread over 160,000 pages.

Kagan’s work as associate counsel to Clinton and deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council is of crucial importance these days. Other than that, there are a lot of emails and indirectly related papers to go through as well.

It is being expected that Kagan is just one step away from being the new Supreme Court Justice but leading senators on the Judiciary Committee said that the finalization process is going to be contentious.

Let’s take a gander at what those senators have to say against or in favor of Kagan;

- On top of the list, we have Senator Mitch McConnell who has been dropping the word on NBC that Kagan’s arguments for Obama administration, in support of the long standing restrictions on the independent spending by corporations and unions in political campaign, is sort of “troubling”.

- In addition, another Senator (name not mentioned) also said that Kagan isn’t really proficient with respect to being experience in being a judge. This could be problematic, if we look at it from a long term perspective.

- Senator Jeff Sessions (Alabama) said that we don’t have a lot of ground to cover, when it comes to Kagan’s record. If we look at her overall resume, it doesn’t add up to the whole “being-a-judge” thing. She will be subject to a complete analysis before any solid word could be passed.

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