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Cornyn Statement on Scheduled Kagan Hearing Date

Statement

Date: May 19, 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Judicial Branch

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Republican Leadership, today released the following statement after Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced his decision to schedule Solicitor General Elena Kagan's nomination hearing for June 28th:

"I'm disappointed that the Chairman set a date so soon. We have just started receiving documents regarding Solicitor General Kagan's nomination, and we have been promised tens of thousands more. When I met with Solicitor General Kagan yesterday, she told me that the still-unreleased documents will give us invaluable insight into how she would approach her job as a member of the Supreme Court. It is unreasonable to schedule the nomination hearing without knowing, when, or if, we will have those documents."


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