Federal Judiciary

Kagan confirmation hearings set

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled the confirmation hearings for the week of June 28.  That allows the hearing to conclude in all likelihood before the July 4 recess, allowing a floor vote easily before the summer recess.  It will be interesting to see how the Committee calibrates the hearing schedule with the last week of the Court’s Term, which I discuss in this post.

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on May 19, 2010 (boomark / email).