Solicitor General nominee Elena Kagan has already stiffed Senator Specter twice in his efforts to get her to respond adequately to his, and his colleagues’, written questions, and Specter and two other committee Republicans voted “pass” on Kagan’s nomination in committee as a result. (Three other committee Republicans voted no.) After another meeting with Kagan, Specter has written her another letter asking her to answer specific questions that she didn’t answer sufficiently. His letter indicates that Kagan agreed to provide fuller answers to at least several of his questions. We’ll see.
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Ed Whelan holds the Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and is a regular contributor to National Review’s Bench Memos blog.
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