Justice Kagan: ‘The Entire Court Wants to Send its Condolences to Senator Graham’s Family and All His Colleagues and Friends in the Senate and Elsewhere’

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KAGAN: “I’d like to start, Senator Hagerty, if I might, the same way you did, by speaking a bit about Senator Graham. And I did this morning as well, but you provided me with — I talked this morning about exactly what you talked about. First, I want to say that the entire court wants to send its condolences to Senator Graham’s family and all his colleagues and friends in the Senate and elsewhere. All of us have been through the Judiciary Committee and most of us through the Judiciary Committee while Senator Graham sat on it. And there is a great deal of affection throughout the entire court for Senator Graham, a great deal of affection and respect. I want to add, though, my personal note here. I was nominated to the court by a Democratic president. It is not very often that a Republican votes for a nominee from a Democratic president. Similarly, it’s not very often that a Democratic senator votes for a nominee of a Republican president.”