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Rulings on guns, campaign finance mark court’s term, influence of Alito

By Mark Sherman - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

EDITORIAL: Kagan’s kabuki theater

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Kagan: Pentagon recruiters had Harvard access

By David Espo - Associated Press

Court reaffirms ban on ‘soft money’ to parties

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor, accompanied by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., prepares to testify before the committee, Monday, July 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

KOPEL: Sotomayor targets guns now

By David Kopel - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (Associated Press)

Late justice’s legacy plays out at Kagan hearings

By David Espo - Associated Press

Illustration: Conrad Black

TYRRELL: Conrad Black’s victory

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ms. Kagan answered a variety of questions thrown at her by Republican lawmakers.

Kagan sidesteps Republican punches

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies Tuesday on Capitol Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. (Associated Press)

Republican attacks Kagan stance on military recruiters on campus

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration: Kagan's constitution by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

DEMINT: The Constitution is the precedent

By Sen. Jim DeMint - The Washington Times

NRA holding its fire on Kagan, puzzling other on right

By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Sept. 29, 2009, file photo, the Supreme Court poses for a portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington. Seated, from left are: Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, and Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Justice John Paul Stevens, the court's oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, he is retiring. President Barack Obama now has his second high court opening to fill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak. File )

Supreme Court rules against group that bans gays

By Ben Conery - The Washington Times

Divisions on display as Kagan confirmation hearings begin

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration: Elena Kagan by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

BLANKLEY: Stay out of the mainstream

By Tony Blankley - The Washington Times

Illustration: Kagan fills Stevens' shoes by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

TUBBS: Put nominee on the Stevens hot seat

By David L. Tubbs - The Washington Times

Inside the Beltway

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Fighting Kagan’s nomination is a fool’s errand

The Washington Times

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy swears in nominee Elena Kagan. "The Supreme Court is a wondrous institution. But the time I spent in the other branches of government remind me that it must also be a modest one - properly deferential to the decisions of the American people and their elected representatives," she said.

Kagan stands ground, stresses ‘impartiality’

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

In this file photo taken March 2, 2010 in Washington, Otis McDonald, one of four plaintiffs in the Chicago handgun ban takes part in a news conference in front of the Supreme Court. Mr. McDonald has said he joined a federal lawsuit to challenge Chicago's 28-year-old handgun ban because he wants a handgun at home to protect himself from gangs. The Supreme Court held Monday June 28, 2010 that the Constitution's Second Amendment restrains government's ability to significantly limit "the right to keep and bear arms," advancing a recent trend by the John Roberts-led bench to embrace gun rights. Monday's decision did not explicitly strike down the Chicago area laws, ordering a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling. But it left little doubt that they would eventually fall. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Justices extend gun-owner rights nationwide

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Sept. 29, 2009, file photo, the Supreme Court poses for a portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington. Seated, from left are: Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, and Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Justice John Paul Stevens, the court's oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, he is retiring. President Barack Obama now has his second high court opening to fill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak. File )

EDITORIAL: The new battleground for gun rights

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times