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Final Countdown to Kagan Hearings Begins … With More Bork

By | 06.21.10 | 5:06 pm

Less than a week now remains until the beginning of Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings — the Senate Judiciary Committee announced today that Kagan’s hearings will begin at 12:30 p.m. on June 28. To mark the occasion, we were all treated to more past references by Kagan More…

The Legend of Miguel Estrada

By | 06.26.09 | 1:54 pm

Neil Lewis writes about the oversized role that conservative bitterness is playing in the fight against Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. There’s a lot of focused on bruised feelings from the Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas hearings, and some focus on the more important precedent: the extended More…

Manny Miranda: Sotomayor Could ‘Bork Herself’ With Her Attitude

By | 06.02.09 | 3:23 pm

At the Heritage Foundation, Manny Miranda floated the theory that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor could sink her own nomination by being overly firey and combative, like President Ronald Reagan’s defeated nominee Robert Bork.

Sam Alito — soft-spoken. John Roberts — affable and soft-spoken. Sanda Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg,

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