Kagan Witnesses Begin Testimony in Today’s Hearing
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee finished hearing directly from Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan yesterday, after 17 hours of question-and-answer sessions. Now they’ve begun to hear from witnesses — some will praise her, some will rake her across the coals.
Here is the witness list from the committee’s website:
“„Panel I
“„Majority Witnesses
“„Lilly Ledbetter — Plaintiff, Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire
“„Jack Gross — Plaintiff, Gross v. FBL Financial Services Inc.
“„Jennifer Gibbins — Soundkeeper/Executive Director, Prince William Soundkeeper
“„Minority Witnesses
“„Captain Flagg Youngblood — United States Army (ret.)
“„Captain Pete Hegseth — Executive Director, Vets for Freedom
Army National Guard
“„Colonel Thomas N. Moe — United States Air Force (ret.)
“„Panel II
“„*Majority Witnesses
Professor Jack Goldsmith — Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
“„Captain Kurt White — President, Harvard Law Armed Forces Association
Army National Guard
“„Professor Robert C. Clark — Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Austin Wakeman Scott Professor of Law, and former Dean,
Harvard Law School
“„Gregory Garre — Partner, Lantham & Watkins, Former Solicitor General of the United States
“„Minority Witnesses
“„Ronald Rotunda — The Doy & Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, Chapman University School of Law
“„Robert Alt — Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies
The Heritage Foundation
“„Ed Whelan — President, Ethics and Public Policy Center
“„Professor Stephen Presser — Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History, Northwestern University School of Law
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Panel III**
“„Kim J. Askew, Esq. — Chair, American Bar Association, Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
“„William J. Kayatta, Jr. — First Circuit Representative, American Bar Association, Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
“„Majority Witnesses
“„Professor Ronald Sullivan — Edward R. Johnston Lecturer on Law, Director of the Criminal Justice Institute, Harvard Law School
“„Marcia Greenberger — Founder and Co-President, National Women’s Law Center
“„Justice Fernande “Nan” Duffly — Associate Justice, Massachusetts Court of Appeals, on behalf of the National Association of Women Judges
“„Minority Witnesses
“„Dr. Charmaine Yoest — President & CEO, Americans United for Life
“„Tony Perkins — President, Family Research Council
“„Commissioner Peter Kirsanow — Benesch Law Firm
“„David Kopel — Research Director, Independence Institute
“„William J. Olson — William J. Olson, P.C.
This is the portion of a confirmation hearing when a Supreme Court nominee can sometimes face the most trouble — Anita Hill’s testimony during the Clarence Thomas 1991 confirmation hearings comes to mind. Kagan could potentially hit some bumps in the form of testimony surrounding her dealings with military recruiters while she was dean of Harvard Law School. There are witnesses for both the Democrats and the Republicans who will testify on this issue.
