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The Spectacle Blog
Elena Kagan on Tuesday afternoon offered warm praise for her friend Miguel Estrada, whose 2001 nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit by President Bush was torpedoed by Democrats after more than two years of stalling tactics that included an unprecedented filibuster.
Under questioning from Sen. Lindsey Graham, Kagan recounted how she and Estrada were classmates at Harvard Law School who were required to sit next to each other their first year and remained friends ever since. She said Estrada took “extraordinary” notes, and she would always look over to him if she missed something in class.
“I think he is a great lawyer and a great human being,” Kagan said.
Graham read from a letter Estrada wrote in support of Kagan, which she said she found touching.
“I think those comments reflect what an extraordinary human being Miguel Estrada is and I was deeply touched when I read that letter. I was deeply grateful to him, of course. And all the nice things he said about me, I would say back about him double.”
You can read the letter here.
Graham then followed up by asking Kagan whether she thought Estrada was qualified to serve as a appellate judge.
“He’s qualified to sit as an appellate judge,” she responded. “He’s qualified to sit as a Supreme Ct. Justice.”
After that answer, Graham told Kagan, “your stock really went up with me.”
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ncatty| 6.29.10 @ 4:55PM
Graham makes me puke.
TLS| 6.29.10 @ 6:12PM
What do you expect from a guy with a girls name.
Interested Conservative| 6.29.10 @ 6:15PM
Charming. Utterly worthless and irrelevant, but still charming.
John DuBose| 6.29.10 @ 6:23PM
Don't you guys know a political master stroke when you see it. The senator was exposing the Democrat senators that killed the Estrada nomination for the hypocrits that they are.
If Ms. Kagan knew where he was headed, she hid it well.
Good move Sen. Graham
BD57| 6.29.10 @ 9:43PM
What I'd like to know is .....
Did Kagan take a position when Estrada's nomination was pending?
Was Kagan a voice in favor of supporting Estratda's nomination in any organization in which she was a member?
Was there a letter from Kagan supporting Estrada when his nomination was pending?
It's easy for Ms. Kagan to say kind words about Estrada when he's supporting her nomination. Where did she stand when she had a chance to do something about it?
NOTE:
Not saying she was AWOL - I truly don't know.
But I'd like to - because that would be the true test of whether her stock should be going up with any Republican Senator.
Kyle Smith| 6.30.10 @ 1:00AM
Estrada who? Do you really think anyone even remembers what the Dems did to Estrada way back then. Graham's an idiot. He had to dig way back to find Miguel Estrada, for him to justify his YES vote on Kagan. He'd never had mentioned Estrada again in his life, if it wasn't for this nomination hearing.
tonypal| 6.30.10 @ 8:01AM
It was utterly irrelevant. In order for it to have had any impact, the intended audience must be willing to listen and learn. Does anyone in their right mind think that people like Charles Schumer and Dick Durbin give a rat's ass about anything beyond their personal political agendas? Give me a break. Graham is an ass.
ncatty| 6.30.10 @ 9:17AM
If Graham votes no on Kagan, citing the Estrada vote, then I agree he is a man of principle and made a political master stroke. If he votes yes, then he is a puke. I bet he votes "yes." Any takers?
Cliff| 6.29.10 @ 7:35PM
Thumbs up to John. It was brilliant.
Truthyness| 6.30.10 @ 3:34AM
A little late now....