Whaddaya know. Looks like Sen. Sessions is a lurker here. :-)The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee warned Monday that he would seek to slow Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's path to confirmation unless senators get full access to her files as a Clinton administration aide.
"We're heading to what could be a train wreck," Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama said. "I don't believe that this committee can go forward with an adequate hearing" without all records from Kagan's tenure as a White House counsel and then domestic policy adviser to President Bill Clinton.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the Judiciary Committee chairman, last week set hearings to begin on June 28. Sessions said Republicans would ask for a delay unless senators get access to the tens of thousands of pages of Clinton-era records by then.
We gotta have her confirmed NOW! It can't wait a couple months! It's impossible! So what if the repercussions of this decision is something that can last fop another 30+ years?! We can't find anyone else with a brain who can read to help rifle through the Clinton Library records! We can't find a couple more lawyers to help review this stuff! We can't find the budget for it! We already scheduled it! Oh no, can't change it! Got school plays to go to all the other days! And if we have something to hide, well, that's just a coincidence.