'His Christmas joke sealed my Supreme Court confirmation!': Justice Kagan pays tribute to Graham

By The Economic Times

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Justice Elena Kagan honored late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday, remembering the South Carolina Republican as a “vivid” personality who helped secure her confirmation to the Supreme Court. Graham died suddenly on Saturday night after a “brief and sudden” illness that was determined to be an aortic dissection. He was 71 years old. The senator was one of five Republicans who voted for Kagan, a liberal nominated by former President Obama, to join the high court in 2010. “I’ll just say that I didn’t get many Republican votes when I was confirmed to the Supreme Court, and that’s the usual state of things today,” Kagan said, after offering the court’s condolences to Graham’s family. “And one would not expect such a cross party, if you will, vote, certainly from somebody from a deep red or deep blue state, and yet Senator Graham voted for me,” she added. The justice, who is Jewish, recalled a “funny” moment during her confirmation hearing in which Graham asked her where she was on Ch

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