WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., announced today that he will vote against Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
“Elena Kagan’s actions as a clerk for the Supreme Court strongly suggest that she believes it is appropriate to use the court to achieve a political end. Nothing in her record, including her time as dean of Harvard Law, or in my meeting with her in June has assured me that she has evolved in her thinking,” said Corker. “I enjoyed meeting with Ms. Kagan and found her to be highly intelligent, but I don’t believe the court is the appropriate vehicle or venue for activism; so I will vote against her confirmation.”
Corker met with Kagan in his office on June 8.