Hatch Vows Probe of Kagan's Judicial Philosophy

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SALT LAKE CITY -- Sen. Orrin Hatch says Republicans apparently dodged a worse-case, extremely liberal nominee to the Supreme Court, but he's not exactly sure what new nominee Elena Kagan's judicial philosophy is, and he vows a thorough probe into that.

He told the Deseret News that because of a private meeting he had with President Barack Obama last week, "I knew some of the ones he was looking at that were, at least ostensibly, much to the left of her. And, yes, I'm pleased that he did not go to them."

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Hatch Vows Probe of Kagan's Judicial Philosophy

Hatch, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and its former chairman, added, "I told him, 'I know you're going to pic...

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