That’s a wrap!

Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Elena Kagan’s confirmation to the Supreme Court have now wrapped up. It was an exciting week of testimony that only reinforced our respect for this sophisticated legal mind.

Our own Charlotte Warren and Meghan Higgins had a chance to meet with Senator Snowe’s staff, yesterday, to discuss the nominee’s credentials. We passed along the following observations to the Senator.

• Elena Kagan’s record of public service demonstrates she has a keen intellect, and is impartial and fair. As a result, she has drawn broad support from across the political spectrum.
• She has described a judicial philosophy of restraint and repeatedly referenced her respect for precedent.
• Her coalition-building skills will be critical as an associate justice on such a closely divided Court.
• She brings a fresh perspective, breaking new ground as the first female Dean of Harvard Law School and the first woman Solicitor General of the United States. She would be the fourth justice on the nation’s highest Court, and if confirmed this fall, three women would take their seats together on the Court for the first time in history.
• She is superbly qualified with her legal acumen and capacity for thorough reasoning. She has Supreme Court experience both as a clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall and as an oral advocate for the United States Government.

A decision on her confirmation could be made in a matter of weeks.

You can read a comprehensive report of the Solicitor General’s testimony, here!