Adam Serwer runs through what the Republicans have got on Elena Kagan, and how the Democrats will respond:
Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court has drawn glum shrugs from the left and yawns from the right, and that’s probably just how the White House wants it — they are looking for as quiet a confirmation process as possible. Because Kagan has no judicial record or large volume of academic work to speak of, Republicans have been forced to draw on even more specious arguments than usual to gin up opposition to her nomination. Following is a brief guide to the Republican case against Kagan, and the Democrats’ likely responses.
