One topic likely to arise in Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings is her position on televising U.S. Supreme Court arguments. Court watchers have scrutinized her comments at the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference in 2009, when she spoke briefly but favorably about televising the Court, suggesting that the public would get to see “an amazing and extraordinary event” if arguments were televised. Still, like justices
Samuel Alito Jr. and Sonia Sotomayor before her, who had positive experiences with televised arguments but demurred during their confirmation hearings, Kagan is likely to temper her enthusiasm and wait to confer with her new colleagues before taking a firm position.
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