After a "smooth performance" in Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan appears likely to win the support of the majority of committee members and senators, the AP/CBS News reports (AP/CBS News, 7/1). Kagan is expected to receive minimal support from Republicans -- who hold the minority in the chamber -- because most GOP senators voted against her confirmation to be solicitor general and are, therefore, unlikely "to support her lifetime appointment to the nation's highest court," according to the Washington Post. Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C...
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