http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100515/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_kagan;_ylt=Als20UYwfAAyYq9vrR_.1MGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNpZDVsZTZuBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNTE1L3VzX29iYW1hX2thZ2FuBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDNARwb3MDMQRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3doYXNrc2NsaW50bw--WASHINGTON – The White House on Saturday asked Bill Clinton's presidential library to speed the release of more than 160,000 pages of paper, including e-mail, in its possession from Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's tenure as a Clinton adviser in the 1990s.
In a letter to the U.S. archivist, White House counsel Bob Bauer said he was requesting the expedited release to aid the Senate's review of Kagan's nomination. Kagan currently is the U.S. solicitor general.
Kagan has never been a judge and has only appeared in court as a litigant since becoming solicitor general, the top lawyer representing the administration in cases before the Supreme Court. As a result, she has not created a lengthy paper trail of court opinions and legal briefs that lawmakers typically examine to assess a nominee's legal acumen or ideology.
Republican lawmakers seeking clues about what kind of justice Kagan, 50, would be are eager to see the papers, hoping to find material they could use to fuel the opposition to her nomination.
With its request Saturday, the White House was doing its part to ensure a thorough and timely confirmation process, one that Obama and his advisers hope will conclude with a black-robed
I wondered at first why, then figured it out it is more than 160,000 pages! just like the White House visitor logs, they put on list EVERYONE who visits. Tourist, any one. Just more confusion with the Administration of TRANSPARENCY
