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In between arguing about the commerce clause and explaining the meaning of interlocutory appeal, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan delivered some very funny lines over 17 hours in a Senate hearing room.

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Senators expect to finish Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings Thursday with testimony from outside witnesses.

But barring an unexpected turn, it appears Kagan will become the fourth female justice in the Supreme Court's history.

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Senators will get another crack Wednesday at figuring out how Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will approach difficult legal controversies that could arrive at her doorstep at the nation's highest court.

But if the past two days are a guide, Kagan will maintain her composure.

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Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will get their first chance Tuesday to question Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan about her approach to the law and a host of issues that have long divided the major political parties.

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On the opening day of her confirmation hearings, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will tell senators that the nation's highest court must take a "modest" approach in evaluating the work of Congress and give "nothing less than a fair shake for every American."

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Confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court nominee will open in late June, as the Clinton presidential library prepares to release another 80,000 pages of e-mails -- about 11,000 written by Kagan.

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As an aide to former President Clinton, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan helped defend her boss' veto of a measure that would have banned late-term abortions with few exceptions, according to files handed over to Congress Friday.

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Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan spent six years as dean of Harvard Law School. She is credited with ending decades of faculty feuds, and even critics say her tenure there was largely successful.

But there are those who take issue with her management style and legacy on minority recruitment.

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Congress is back in session this week after taking a spring break. The Senate will be asked to confirm a nominee, not yet announced, to replace Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who will be retiring.

In addition, both the Senate and House are expected to debate the long-pending issue of immigration.

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As senators wrapped up their questioning of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor Thursday, she remained to the end — and by design — as ideologically elusive as those who came before her.

It's a script that partisan politics demands of court nominees.

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