Justice Kagan tells Risch story

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan told a story about, of all people, Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, in a speech in Arizona, in the course of talking about how her friendship with the late Justice Antonin Scalia developed. Kagan said her confirmation process for the high court led to her friendship with Scalia, the Arizona Republic reported, “because of an odd promise to an Idaho senator.”

“Before her confirmation,” the paper reports, “Kagan met with dozens of members of Congress, many of whom questioned her about her stance on the Second Amendment. Kagan, who grew up in New York City, said she had never shot or held a gun. Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, told her that hunting was important to his constituents and questioned whether she could see that importance. He spoke in length about his ranch where he often hunted, Kagan remembered”/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here .