Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has participated in the confirmation hearing for every U.S. Supreme Court justice since Sandra Day O'Connor's in 1981. This week, he will chair the hearing for Elena Kagan.

Elena Kagan sought to position herself Monday as someone who would be a neutral arbiter if confirmed as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, defying hopes from the political left and right that she ...

Elena Kagan sought to position herself Monday as someone who would be a neutral arbiter if confirmed as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, defying hopes from the political left and right that she ...

Supreme Court justices last testified to Congress was 2019, when Elena Kagan and Samuel Alito discussed a budget request with ...

Marcia Coyle, our chief Washington correspondent, has been providing on-air commentary for PBS's The News Hour during the confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan. She gives Supreme Court Insider readers ...

Conventional wisdom holds that Elena Kagan revealed little but a knack for empty platitudes during her U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing. She simply followed a script, commentators said — a ...

WASHINGTON AP - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan neared the end of a grueling turn in the Senate Judiciary Committee witness chair Wednesday, and the senator presiding over the proceedings predicted ...

WASHINGTON AP - As Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan undergoes questioning before senators this week, some of the hearing may sound like it's in a foreign language. But don't adjust the TV or look for ...