2026年7月14日下午4:48 美国东部夏令时 / 《华盛顿邮报》
这位参议员的投票是2010年卡根获得确认过程中为数不多的共和党支持票之一。
作者：斯特拉·卡尼诺-基尼奥内斯
最高法院大法官埃琳娜·卡根周二在国会作证伊始，缅怀了上周六突然离世的南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆。
卡根回忆了格雷厄姆在2010年投票支持她出任最高法院大法官提名的往事。
“我在获得最高法院大法官提名确认时，得到的共和党议员支持票寥寥无几，”她说。“支持民主党总统提名的大法官人选的共和党议员不多，民主党议员同样如此。……但格雷厄姆参议员还是投了支持我的票。”
卡根与最高法院大法官艾米·科尼·巴雷特出席众议院拨款委员会小组委员会听证会，呼吁提高安保预算，以应对针对法官的日益增多的威胁。
回忆起格雷厄姆的幽默感，卡根分享了一段确认听证会上的互动轶事，她说格雷厄姆曾问她前一个圣诞节怎么过的，这让她显得有些窘迫好笑。
“后来很多人跟我说，我和格雷厄姆参议员的这段互动，是我的提名确认流程最终敲定的时刻，”卡根说。
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Supreme Court Justice Kagan remembers Lindsey Graham ahead of testimony
July 14, 2026 at 4:48 p.m. EDT / The Washington Post
The senator’s vote was one of few Republican votes in favor of Kagan’s confirmation in 2010.
Elena Kagan testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee on July 14. (Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
By Stella Canino-Quiñones
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan began her testimony before Congress Tuesday by remembering Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), who died suddenly Saturday.
Kagan reflected on Graham’s vote to confirm her nomination to the highest court in 2010.
“I didn’t get many Republican votes when I was confirmed to the Supreme Court,” she said. “Not many Republicans vote for the nominees of somebody selected by a Democratic president, and not many Democrats do the same. … And yet Sen. Graham voted for me.”
Kagan and Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett appeared before the House Appropriations subcommittee to request a raise in the security budget amid increasing threats against judges.
Recalling Graham’s sense of humor, Kagan shared an anecdote about a back and forth during her confirmation where she said Graham made her look funny by asking what she did on Christmas the previous year.
“Many people said to me afterwards, that exchange with Sen. Graham was the moment my confirmation was sealed,” Kagan said.
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