Day One Down

Kagan's first day of confirmation hearings concludes, Senators to question the SCOTUS nom. Tuesday, Wednesday.

Plus: TIME's Newton-Small on 5 hot topics.

HALPERIN'S TAKE: The White House's attitude, as reflected by the Sunday paper Axelrod quotes and the president's Toronto presser, is (pardon the cliche) "bring it on." This thing is still on track to make the Breyer confirmation hearings look like Son of Bork.