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Elena Kagan

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    May 4, 2012

    Bradlee Dean attacks Dan Savage for calling parts of the Bible "bullshit"

    Bradlee Dean is on the offensive again, launching a vicious and inane attack on Dan Savage for being critical of the Bible. Savage spoke to high school students recently and talked about how it's possible to "ignore the bullshit" in the Bible about gay people "the same way we have learned to ignore ... More >>

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    November 11, 2010

    Al Franken's doodle framed on Capitol Hill

    Al Franken can doodle with the best of 'em.​We all had a good chuckle at Al Franken's expense when he tried to keep himself awake during those boring Elena Kagan Supreme Court hearings by sketching. Well, his likeness of Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions is now framed and decorating Sessions' office o ... More >>

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    September 30, 2010

    Al Franken goofs in the Senate again

    Franken likes to keep things light​Al Franken got into blooper territory while presiding over the Senate yesterday. First, he blasted classical music over the speakers. Then he yelled "Oh God!" when he mixed up some states. Gotta love the comic relief on a boring day. Franken's gaffe: He was sitt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Al Franken gavels Elena Kagan's Supreme Court vote to a close

    Image Via YouTubeAl Franken does the honors during Elena Kagan's Senate confirmation vote.​Solicitor General Elena Kagan was confirmed for the Supreme Court this afternoon and Minnesota freshman Sen. Al Franken gaveled the vote to a close by declaring "the nomination is confirmed." The vote wa ... More >>

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    July 6, 2010

    Newsweek takes Al Franken seriously

    Image via FacebookA serious constitutionalist, or "the knee-jerk liberal everyone thought he would be?"​Al Franken's doodling and dozing at Elena Kagan's Supreme Court confirmation hearings last week created some web buzz and the usual criticisms of Senator Smalley. But when it came time for F ... More >>

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    July 1, 2010

    Body of Amy Klobuchar's step-sister Katharine Wilkes found in Mississippi

    Photo: puroticoricoWilkes' body was found near the lock and dam in Minneapolis​Thirty-five-year-old Katharine Wilkes has been identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner as the woman whose body was found in the Mississippi River on Monday in Minneapolis. She is the step-sister of U.S. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Al Franken doodles as Elena Kagan testifies

    Screen grab via YouTubeFranken took some interesting notes as Elena Kagan testified​He's a cut up, a brawler and a napper. And it turns out Sen. Al Franken is also a pretty good doodler. Waiting his turn to question Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan before the Senate Judiciary Committee yeste ... More >>

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    June 29, 2010

    Did Al Franken nap out during Elena Kagan's opening statement? [VIDEO]

    Screen grab via YouTubeMore coffee, Sen. Franken?​On and on they droned Monday as Solicitor General Elena Kagan watched, each member of the Senate Judiciary Committee rolling out their opening remarks about her nomination to be the next Supreme Court justice, in a hearing room packed with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Al Franken takes apart right wing Supreme Court [VIDEO]

    Franken is going to bat for Kagan​The U.S. Supreme Court has become a safe haven for the rich and powerful as part of a careful conservative campaign, and a dead end for regular folks with grievances, Sen. Al Franken said on the Senate floor yesterday (video after the jump). He invoked the ca ... More >>

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    May 28, 2010

    Amy Klobuchar's shirt-raising note revealed in new book

    Coping with the old-boy's club​She's already peeved at the sexism in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor, and the current debate over Elena Kagan for a similar appointment, so maybe this isn't too surprising: According to a new book by Terrence Samuel, "The Upper House: ... More >>

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    May 26, 2010

    Amy Klobuchar rips Washington Post sexism on Elena Kagan

    Let's leave the leg-crossing out of it, shall we?​What a strange parlor game this whole Beltway press corps effort is, trying to suss out whether Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is a lesbian. "Folks are using fashion as a limited tool for making sense of her sexual orientation (Well, she's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Supreme Court OKs detaining sex criminals indefinitely

    ​Minnesota's controversial Minnesota Sex Offender Program, and 19 others like it around the country, will remain unaffected by yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court  ruling, which allows the federal government to keep people locked up indefinitely if they are considered sexually dangerous, even afte ... More >>

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    May 10, 2010

    Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken back Elena Kagan for Supreme Court

    Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken ​U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken voiced strong support this morning for President Barack Obama's nomination this morning of Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the next justice for the U.S. Supreme Court. Both senators sit on the judiciary committee, wh ... More >>

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