Coburn to Kagan: ‘How Are You Going to Take Off Your Liberal Hat?’

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories
Note: The hearing is in recess and will resume at 9 a.m., ET, Wednesday. Just be yourself. That’s what Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Neb., urged U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan to do late Tuesday afternoon. “First, you are dancing a bit—maybe you should be on Dancing with the Stars,” Coburn said lightheartedly as he began his questioning. “I want Americans to know who you are. I don’t know what a liberal progressive is. I know what a liberal is, and I think you’re a liberal. It’s not wrong to know what you believe in.” Coburn proceeded to characterize Kagan as…
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