Obama Lines Up Kagan's Vote Against Florida's Challenge to Health-Care Law

Cruising toward confirmation, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan appears ready to vote against Florida's challenge to the new federal health-care law.

Kagan won't say so, of course, but the Wall Street Journal has read the tea leaves and says it's increasingly clear where President Obama's choice stands on the lawsuit filed by Florida and 20 other states.

"They suggest a zeal to be able to hear the cases that may betray that she already knows where she will come out. And we doubt it's finding that President Obama's legacy legislation violates the Constitution," the Journal editorialized.

Read the editorial here.