There were various hints and background suggestions over the weekend. But now it appears all but certain President Obama will announce his choice for the Supreme Court tomorrow.
Obama will make the Kagan nomination official with a 10 a.m. ET announcement at the White House.
Pretty dramatic changes afoot in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, where Rep. Joe Sestak has overtaken Sen. Arlen Specter in two new polls. Although Specter still holds a 45.0 to 39.1 lead in the TPM Poll Average, you can see Sestak’s movement over the last few weeks:
Will Elena Kagan be an intellectual counterweight to Chief Justice Roberts? That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.
SCOTUSblog’s Tom Goldstein, on how the Kagan confirmation process is likely to play out.
Sure, you may think this Supreme Court thing is important. But what about the fact that Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum paid George Alan Rekers (the now disgraced co-founder of the Family Research Council) over $60,000 in taxpayer dollars to serve as his expert witness on the evils of homosexuality. Also, Rekers’ male escort “Lucien” broke his silence in an interview with CNN.
President Obama’s introduction of Elena Kagan to replace the retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Watch, starting at 10 ET.
With today’s announcement, appellate lawyer Andrew Pincus, who frequently argues cases before the Supreme Court, joins us again for a Kagan Nomination Live Blog. Here’s his first entry: Why Kagan?
The Dems have been struggling with a needlessly self-inflicted wound in Hawaii for months. The special election to succeed Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D) is a plurality three way race, with two Dems and one Republican. Since the Dems are splitting the big Democratic vote it looks like the Republican has a very good shot of winning a plurality. Since the local Dems haven’t been able to get its act together the DCCC has just announced it’s pulling out of the race. Read More