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Robert Kagan on America's Global Influence

Robert Kagan on America's Global Influence
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This week's agenda: Court's new term; jobs report; Tutu retires

This week's agenda: Court's new term; jobs report; Tutu retires
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Focus on privacy, technology in new Supreme Court term

Focus on privacy, technology in new Supreme Court term
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Senate delays vote on spill bill

Senate delays vote on spill bill
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Elena Kagan fields questions: campaign finance,military recruits, second amendment

Elena Kagan fields questions: campaign finance,military recruits, second amendment
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Sen. Sessions spars with Kagan during first day of questioning

In her first day of questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan had a nearly 20-minute back-and-forth debate with ranking Republican Senator Jeff Sessions. Todd Zwillich, who was in the Senate chamber recaps.

Sen. Sessions spars with Kagan during first day of questioning
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Glimpses into the life of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has guarded her professional and personal lives, especially since being nominated for the Supreme Court earlier this week. We talk with two people who knew her at the University of Chicago Law School from 1991 - 1995.

Glimpses into the life of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan
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Listeners respond: is Elena Kagan a good Supreme Court pick?

If Elena Kagan is confirmed to the Supreme Court, there will be three women on the bench, six Catholics, three Jews and no Protestants. We asked you how much diversity her nomination would add to the nation's highest court and hear what you have to say.

Listeners respond: is Elena Kagan a good Supreme Court pick?
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Takeouts: will Elena Kagan take her own advice? Sports update

Takeouts: will Elena Kagan take her own advice? Sports update
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How Elena Kagan would change the Supreme Court's diversity makeup

President Obama announced yesterday his nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. If confirmed, Kagan would be the third woman and the third Jew ? the highest number ever of either group ? to sit in the high court.

How Elena Kagan would change the Supreme Court's diversity makeup
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Kagan faces scrutiny from right and left

It's only been a day since President Barack Obama nominated Elena Kagan to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, but political forces on both sides of the aisle have already begun to scrutinize the nominee.

Kagan faces scrutiny from right and left
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Obama to nominate Elena Kagan to Supreme Court

Later this morning, President Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. If confirmed, she would be the third woman on the court.

Obama to nominate Elena Kagan to Supreme Court
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Left and right respond to Kagan nomination

Both conservatives and liberals have their concerns about Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan. The left worries that she is too untested, while the right worries that she is too 'gay friendly.'

Left and right respond to Kagan nomination
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Adam Liptak on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan

The biggest issue facing Elena Kagan may be the fact that she's never been a judge.

Adam Liptak on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan
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The 'unknowable' Elena Kagan

There is still a lot that is unknown about President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan. The question remains as to whether her positions as solicitor general can tell us what she'd be like as a Supreme Court judge.

The 'unknowable' Elena Kagan