Confirmation on track, Senate starts Kagan debate

[onehandle]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON – A confirmation vote is all but assured for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan as the Senate begins debate on making her the fourth female justice.

Supporters and opponents were to weigh in during debate starting Tuesday on President Barack Obama's nominee. A vote is expected before week's end. Confirming Kagan, 50, for a lifetime seat on the court is one of the last pieces of business senators will attend to before departing for a monthlong vacation.

Kagan is in line to succeed retired Justice John Paul Stevens and become the fourth woman to sit on the court.

Nearly all Democrats and a handful of GOP senators are expected to vote for Kagan, who has served as the Obama administration's solicitor general.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100803/ap_on_go_su_co/us_kagan_supreme_court

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Good. Soon our Lesbian Muslim Sikh Jew will overwhelm the Conservative majority of SCOTUS and institute Sharia law throughout the land.

All according to plan.

[a kennedy]

1. Nearly all Democrats.....ah mostly all, except that d*mn Ben Nelson......

:mad: :puke: :grr: and right he's a DINO anyway....... :mad: :mad: :mad:

[DFW]

2. As predicted

Most Senate Republicans would have voted against Obama's nominee even if he had nominated Reagan's ghost.