Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment after the President nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the next Justice on the United States Supreme Court. Grassley is a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee which will consider the nominee.
“A lifetime appointment requires a thorough vetting and I expect Elena Kagan to receive fair, respectful and deliberative consideration. The Constitution gives the Senate a tremendous responsibility to carefully review the President’s nominees to the Supreme Court. The Judiciary Committee must take time to ensure that the nominee will be true to the Constitution and apply the law, not personal politics, feelings or preferences. With no judicial experience, it becomes even more important that we ask thorough questions to determine that Ms. Kagan truly understands the constitutional role of a Supreme Court justice.”