first part sounded like a self-description by the senator. gop senators say they want to see kagan s memos from her time as domestic policy adviser to clinton. let s turn to msnbc political analyst lawrence o donnell who supports the kagan nomination. lawrence, good evening. good to be here. let s bring in thomas jefferson school law professor marjorie cohen who opposed the nomination. good evening to you. good evening, keith. the kind of executive power expanded under the bush administration, some continued under the obama administration. how does solicitor general kagan fare on that topic? well, there were policies during the bush administration that led to torture and abuse of prisoners, indefinite detention of boys in cages, spying on americans without warrants, the use of military commissions, using state secrets privilege to