CBS — Documents Show Kagan’s Liberal Opinion on Social Issues
Then there was the recently disclosed memo on gun rights. In a case challenging the District of Columbia’s handgun ban as unconstitutional, Kagan was blunt: “I am not sympathetic.” The Supreme Court took the opposite approach two years ago, striking down the D.C. gun ban as unconstitutional.
Taken together, these documents are certain to provoke considerably more questions than the less controversial papers unearthed before her confirmation hearings for solicitor general.
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