Kagan

For further analysis on Elena Kagan’s first day of questioning, we talk with Annette Gordon-Reed, professor of law at New York Law School. She will be joining the faculty of Harvard Law School as of Thursday.

SUPREME COURT TAKEOUT: If Elena Kagan needs help preparing for a potentially long and messy confirmation hearing, The New York Times’ Adam Liptak says she should read a 1995 article on the topic that she wrote. SPORTS TAKEOUT: We’re in the midst of NHL and NBA playoffs. Sports Contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin gives us an update.

If Elena Kagan is confirmed to the Supreme Court, there will be three women on the bench, six Catholics, three Jews and no Protestants. We asked you how much diversity her nomination would add to the nation’s highest court and hear what you have to say.

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has guarded her professional and personal lives, especially since being nominated for the Supreme Court earlier this week. We talk with two people who knew her at the University of Chicago Law School from 1991 – 1995.

It’s only been a day since President Barack Obama nominated Elena Kagan to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, but political forces on both sides of the aisle have already begun to scrutinize the nominee.