In Senate, the conformation hearing for Elena Kagan, Obama's appointee for the Supreme Court opening is taking place. You would think this would be a serious process, after all, Kagan (if approved) could influence our country's judicial system for the next decade. However, one of the questions asked to Kagan today by Senator Amy Klobuchar was Team Edward or Team Jacob? in reference to the Twilight films. Kagan declined the question, in part because she had not seen the film and probably because it is irrelevant to how she would rule as a justice. Really, a US Senator asking about Twilight?
In the senator's defense, Kagan kind of set the tone for this seemingly loose confirmation hearing. Yesterday, Kagan made a joke after being asked where she was on Christmas, the day of an attempted bombing attempt on board a plain. In response, she said "Like all Jews, I was probably at Chinese restaurant." I guess its good that she has a sense of humor, but shouldn't she and the senators be taking this a little more seriously?
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