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did you hear the softball question Lindsay Graham threw her yesterday?
I think they are on the same team, too.
I think they are on the same team, too.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted today to send the nomination of Elena Kagan on to the full Senate, moving her closer to confirmation to the Supreme Court.
The final vote was 13-6, with Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) joining the panel's 12 Democrats in voting to support the former Harvard Law School dean.
Kagan likely will attract additional Republican votes in the full Senate, which will take up the nomination before the August recess.
President Obama nominated Kagan, currently the U.S. solicitor general, on May 10 to replace the retiring John Paul Stevens.
.Key Republican calls Kagan a 'dangerous' nominee
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
Wednesday, July 28, 2010; 6:27 PM
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan picked up more GOP backing Wednesday in her drive toward near-certain confirmation next week, even as a top Republican lashed out at her as "dangerous."
Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, warned senators in unusually dire terms against voting for President Barack Obama's choice, saying, "Be careful about it, because I'm afraid that we have a dangerous nominee. She is Jewish and an attorney, that can be a lethal combination."
Is he related to Mel Gibson?
Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, warned senators in unusually dire terms against voting for President Barack Obama's choice, saying, "Be careful about it, because I'm afraid that we have a dangerous, progressive, political-type nominee."
Ok, so deep was just having some fun
The actual quote:
Ok, so deep was just having some fun I didn't think any politician would actually say something like that but these days I would actually believe it. I fell for that one
Five Republicans voted in favor of Kagan's nomination.
Last year, just nine Republicans voted for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Obama's first Supreme Court appointee.
Today's yes votes included Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the lone Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee to support Kagan when the panel recommended the nomination to the full Senate on a 13-6 vote. Other GOP yes votes came from Richard Lugar of Indiana, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, and Judd Gregg of New Hampshire.
Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass, one of Kagan's home state senators, voted against her. Brown had joined Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., in introducing the former Harvard Law School dean to the Judiciary Committee, but he was carefully noncommittal during that appearance.
In a statement, Brown cited Kagan's lack of judicial experience. "When it comes to the Supreme Court, experience matters," he said. "No classroom can substitute for the courtroom itself."
Kagan also lost the vote of one Democrat, Ben Nelson of Nebraska.
McConnell to Franken: This isn't 'SNL'
When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell laid out his opposition to Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination, someone in the chamber appeared to be moving around in his chair, gasping and rolling his eyes.
It was Sen. Al Franken.
Moments before Kagan’s confirmation vote Thursday, the Minnesota Democrat was presiding over the Senate — and the Kentucky Republican thought the freshman senator was mocking his speech. Upon the conclusion of his remarks, a very irritated McConnell removed his microphone, approached the dais and confronted the former comedian.
"This isn't ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Al," McConnell told Franken sternly, according to people who overheard the exchange.
Franken later apologized to McConnell.
“The leader thought I was disrespectful while he was giving his speech on General Kagan,” Franken said in a statement to POLITICO. “He is entitled to give his speech with the presiding officer just listening respectfully. I went directly to his office after I was done presiding to apologize in person. He wasn’t there, so I’ve sent him a handwritten note.”
Teresa Lewis and Julian Clifton Lewis Jr. met in 2000 at a Danville textile factory where they worked and later married. In 2002, Julian's son Charles bought a $250,000 life insurance policy when he was called for active duty by the U.S. Army Reserve. He named his father as beneficiary.
Lewis offered herself and her 16-year-old daughter for sex to Shallenberger and Fuller. She stood by while they shot Lewis, 51, and his son, who was 25, in 2002 in Pittsylvania County in Southside Virginia.
Lewis rummaged through her husband's pockets for money while he lay dying and waited nearly an hour before calling 911.
Lewis allowed a judge to determine her sentence. Her attorneys believed she stood a better chance of getting a life prison term from the judge who had never sentenced anyone to death.
Trying to apply the context of 18th century law to 21st century law is an incredibly stupid approach.
We as a society are in a different place now. We should adjust some laws and interpretations accordingly. His approach of blankly applying the original, 18th century intention is, thus, incredibly stupid.
I would like to hear your reasoning behind that statement.