Clinton library releases Kagan papers

The archive from the William J. Clinton Presidential Library contains both paper documents and e-mails from her tenure. The documents were released on Friday afteroon. 

Kagan served as associate White House counsel and deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council during Clinton’s tenure. The releases are from her time on the Domestic Policy Council.

{mosads}A small portion of Kagan’s writings has already been made public, but senators and court-watchers have anticipated the release of the documents. 

Several senators have said the documents will play a central role in her confirmation hearing, set to begin on June 28, because she has not served as a judge and does not have a sizable public paper trail of her judicial views. 

The archive is tens of thousands of pages long and includes writings on controversial topics such as abortion and gun control. Observers still await the complete archive — which totals an estimated 160,000 pages — to be made public.

The Clinton library said on its website that two boxes of materials from her time on the Domestic Policy Council were held back because they mostly pertain to her work in the Counsel’s Office. 

“As such, these two boxes will be released with her Counsel’s Office records,” the site reads.