From this morning's Earlybird:

• "Senate Judiciary ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Wednesday called on the Defense Department to release any documents relating to its dispute with Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan over the department's recruitment efforts at Harvard Law School," Roll Call (subscription) reports.

• Kagan's "review of the book 'A Confirmation Mess' is creating a confirmation mess of its own," AP reports. "Kagan's 1995 commentary on Stephen Carter's book rendered a harsh judgment on how lawmakers question Supreme Court nominees, and that has some senators preparing to interrogate her about it."