J-S: Kagan will make a competent probate judge

Solicitor General knows a creditor from a surviving spouse

[H]er answers demonstrated a respect for precedence ...

Presumably the editorial board meant precedent.

They did pick up on her throwing Thurgood Marshall under the bus.

(Speaking of Justice Thurgood Marshall, Prof. Mark Tushnet is appearing live in Milwaukee this Wednesday evening at 5:30.)