06/28/10
Tomorrow in Washington,
hearings start,
the confirmation hearings for,
in the Senate for Elena Kagan,
the President's nominee
for the Supreme Court.
Kagan herself once wrote
that confirmation hearings
have become
a "vapid and hollow charade."
Now those words may well
come back to haunt her.
Ranking Republicans
made it clear today,
they are gearing up
for a political fight,
indicating where Elena Kagan's
record might make her vulnerable.
Having never served as a judge,
senators won't be able to
dissect her rulings,
so the focus has turned to
Kagan's politics.
Democrats expect
Kagan will be confirmed,
but the woman who once called
the hearings process
"vapid and hollow" may have to
eat her words this week.
明日、ケーガン氏の―
連邦最高裁判事 指名承認の
公聴会が開かれる。
以前 彼女はこの公聴会について
"うわべだけの茶番"と書いたが―
今後 何度も蒸し返されそうだ。
共和党幹部は
一層の政治論争をしかけ―
ケーガン氏の過去を
攻撃すると明かした。
判事としての経験がない彼女を
攻撃するには―
政治的な姿勢が焦点になる。
民主党は承認を見込んでいるが―
彼女は"茶番"という前言を
撤回することになるかもしれない。
