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cancies in recent years, none have produced the kind of fire- works that made the nomination of Clarence Thomas so explosive or that led to the rejection of Robert H. Bork. Initial hiccups — Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s conservative record, Sonia Sotomayor’s com- ment extolling the virtues of a “wise Latina” — have inevitably given way to confirmation. And


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KLMNO GOP struggling to find line of attack against Kagan


in Kagan’s case, there has not been a stumble of the sort that would slow down her nomina- tion.


Republicans have tried to


make an issue of her years as law dean at Harvard and her lack of judicial experience. And in recent days, conservatives have seized on a new, albeit arcane, objec- tion: Kagan’s praise for a former president of the Israeli Supreme Court known for his activist ap-


proach to the law.


“If people understood that an American Supreme Court nomi- nee was going to follow the exam- ple of Barak, there would be grave misgivings and probably a refusal to confirm,” Bork said last week in a conference call with re- porters that was billed as a po- tential turning point in the nomi- nation process. Never mind that most Amer- icans have never heard of Aharon


Barak, the Israeli jurist to whom Bork was referring (and whose effectiveness as a political weap- on is diminished further because his name resembles the presi- dent’s). Or that Bork was rejected for the court in 1987 and has served as the GOP’s go-to judicial scold ever since. Republicans, privately frus-


trated, acknowledge that they have searched without luck for a controversy to pin on Kagan,


Obama’s solicitor general, since she was nominated in early May. “There’s been so little oxygen for this,” said one senior Republican aide.


Muted attention


In part, the attention has been muted because Obama has not chosen outspoken liberals in ei- ther of his first two opportunities to influence the makeup of the court. Kagan, who would replace Justice John Paul Stevens, would not tilt the court’s ideological bal- ance. So the stakes are lower than if she had been picked to replace


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a conservative, participants on both sides said.


She is also an especially elusive


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Some Republicans have de- clined to rule out a filibuster, and some have noted that Kagan re- ceived just 61 votes in her confir- mation as solicitor general last year. But four Democrats missed that vote. In a move that Demo- cratic aides suggested shows her political instincts, Kagan asked Sens. John F. Kerry (D) and Scott Brown (R) of Massachusetts to introduce her before she speaks Monday. Brown, who became a conservative hero in January by winning the seat of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D), has shown moderate leanings in his votes, and giving him that spot- light Monday could make it more difficult to vote against her. Kagan’s nomination might come in jeopardy if she slips up at the hearings or new information about her background emerges at them. But even Republicans do not expect that to happen: She is a skilled speaker, accustomed to parrying with sharp-tongued Su- preme Court justices. Monday’s session will be re-


stricted to opening statements by the 19 committee members, Ker- ry’s and Brown’s introductions, and Kagan’s remarks. The ques- tion-and-answer sessions will be- gin Tuesday morning, possibly running through Thursday. If all goes well for Kagan, the commit- tee will formally take up her nomination in mid-July, after the Senate returns from its Fourth of July recess. A final floor vote is expected by the end of July. kornbluta@washpost.com


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