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Smart and very skilled that is building consensus. Two traits not listed on Kagan's resume but they sure won't hurt her chances of confirmation. CNN’s Kate Bowdoin has a close look.

Elena Kagan here congratulating retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on his long and distinguished career. If you ever argue before the Supreme Court, beware, underlying Justice Stevens' extraordinary politeness, extraordinary courtesy, danger awaits. Now the saluted general could feel the very seat just as Stevens's vacating at the end of this term.

A 50-year-old New York citizen native Kagan is a former dean of Harvard Law School where she received her law degree. She worked in the Clinton White House and is currently the federal government’s top lawyer before the Supreme Court. She’s argued six cases herself since taken over the job in 2009. During confirmation hearings for that position some senators were skeptical Kagan had the necessary experience because she’s never been a judge and had it at that point never argued a case before the Supreme Court or any court for that matter. How are you gonna handle that? How are you gonna prepare yourself? I’m very confident that I’m up to this part of job as I am to all the many other parts. I think I bring up a life-time of learning and study of the law and particularly of the constitutional administrative law issues that form the core of the court stock. I think I bring up some of famously excellent teacher.

OK Bowdin joins us now from outside the Supreme Court. So Kate how unusual it was for a Supreme Court justice to have zero experience as a judge? It is unusual and I think it’s some 40 years since the last time this is happened. It really it cuts both ways. Well some say they are concerned about her thin judicial record because liberals would say they want to make sure she is a reliable liberal that everyone is very clear she is a democrat with a big but the question is this this is a nomination you can’t take this job back here. You know that so President Obama wants to be very sure and liberals especially wanna be very sure that whoever gets on that court they can rely on to be a very reliable liberal. You will hear that a little bit more but at the same time as I said cuts it the other way. Her limited paper trail also offers much less for conservative credits to go through.

To try to reprove and look at what she said on the record. So they can also work in her favor in that regard.[qh]在达成共识时要绝顶聪明而且非常熟练。而这两个特质明显不在卡根的简历上,但他们肯定不会妨碍她获得确认的机会。请看CNN的凯特•博登的详细报道。
艾莲娜•卡根祝贺退休法官约翰•保罗•史蒂文斯杰出的职业生涯。如果你曾经在最高法院前有过案子,当心,史蒂文斯法官的非凡的礼貌,杰出的礼仪及潜在的危险都在向你招手。现在这位受尊敬的一般人能够切身感受到史蒂文斯在职业生涯结束后所空出的那个座位。
50岁的纽约本土市民卡根是哈佛大学法学院的前院长,她曾在那里获得法学学位。她曾在克林顿白宫工作而且目前在最高法院之前是联邦政府最好的律师。自2009年接手这份工作以来以来她曾经处理过6件案子。而在听证会上得到这一职位后，有些议员表示怀疑她是否有足够的经验,因为她从来没有任职过法官,并且从没有处理过最高法院的案件或任何法院的相关事情。你准备怎么处理呢?你准备怎么准备?我很相信我工作的这部分就像我所有的其他部分一样。我自己终身学习研究,尤其是对宪法法律和行政法律问题的核心。加上我自己的交际技能,我只想说自己是一名著名的优秀教师。
现在博登从外面的最高法院回来加入我们。那么，凯特，最高法院的一名法官经验为零是不是何等奇特呢?这非常的不寻常,我认为继上次发生这种事情后已经过去了40多年。它的作用真的是双重的。有些人担心她的司法纪录,因为自由主义者会说他们想要确保她是非常可靠,每个人都很清楚她是一位民主党人,但现在的问题是这样的,这是一个你不能退出回到原点的工作提名。你知道所以奥巴马总统想要非常肯定而且尤其是自由人士想要确信这位法官在法庭上是可以依赖的对象。你将听到这一点,但同时我又称具有其他的效果。她有限的文凭提供给自己较少的保守信贷。为了重新试图证明她在纪录中所说的。所以他们会竭尽所能在她的工作中帮助她。
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1. confirmation n. 确认，证实

The price is subject to our confirmation.
所有价格经我们确认后有效。

2. congratulate v. 祝贺，庆祝

May I congratulate you?
请允许我向您表示祝贺。
3. courtesy n. 礼貌，好意

There is always enough time for courtesy.
现在不必在这里说客气话。

4. skeptical a. 怀疑的

The leader had the gift of being able to infuse enthusiasm into the most skeptical member of the group.
那位领导人很有天赋，能使团体中最持怀疑态度的人都充满热情。
5. confident a. 自信的，有信心的

Your encouragement made me more confident of my future.
你的鼓励使我对我的未来更加有信心。