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Republicans bring up Kagan’s record on military (AP)

US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC. Kagan was to go head-to-head with some of her toughest critics, eager to make the case she deserves to be the fourth woman ever to reach the summit of US justice.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AP – Senate Republicans and Solicitor General Elena Kagan are facing off over whether her objection to the military’s ban on openly gay soldiers and her decision to restrict recruiters at Harvard Law School disqualify her from serving on the Supreme Court.


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Day 1 of Senate hearings offers tale of 2 Kagans (AP)

Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan smiles during the first day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington June 28, 2010.     REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)AP – Elena Kagan strode into Day 1 of her confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court with a broad grin and a bounce in her step. She emerged nearly four hours later with her smile intact, and bearhugs aplenty for family and friends.


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In Kagan’s e-mails, politics often trumps policy (AP)

FILE - In this May 13, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan walks a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP – As a Clinton White House aide, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan called herself one of the Clinton administration’s biggest fans of a law to protect religious freedom but warned then-Vice President Al Gore against endorsing it for fear of creating “a gay/lesbian firestorm.”


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Kagan’s e-mails to go public as hearings approach (AP)

FILE - In this May 13, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan walks a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP – Ever wish you could rifle through a public figure’s e-mail? Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s e-mails are about to go public as part of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s preparations for her confirmation hearings in a little more than a week.


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