From this morning's Earlybird:

• "Senate Republicans launched a new line of attack on Supreme Court hopeful Elena Kagan on Sunday, questioning whether she supports banning certain books and pamphlets," Roll Call (subscription) reports.

• "The White House has asked the National Archives to expedite its planned release of 160,000 pages of documents related to" Kagan's "time in the Clinton White House -- including her electronic mail," the New York Times reports.

• "As a Supreme Court law clerk in 1987," Kagan "read the 14th Amendment as permitting lawsuits against reckless state officials who ignore their duties -- reflecting the liberal view that the constitutional guarantee of liberty should be read broadly," the Wall Street Journal reports.

• "Senate Republicans are unlikely to filibuster" Kagan, "but they do plan to pepper her with tough questions about her legal positions, policies and practices during her upcoming confirmation hearings," AP reports.