Elena Kagan said today that if confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, she would be mindful that it is a “modest” institution that must be deferential to the decisions of…
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have finished their opening statements and their themes have become clear: Elena Kagan has been more political activist than legal thinker, she was hostile…
The nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, the same day the high court is wrapping up its 2009-10 term and…
In 11,000 e-mails released by the Clinton Presidential Library on Friday afternoon, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan emerges as politically savvy, sometimes sarcastic and given to an occasional swear word.
The deans of more than a third of the nation’s law schools have endorsed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan for a seat on the United States…
Formerly a tenured law professor at the University of Chicago, Elena Kagan wanted to return to teach there in 1999 after a stint at the White House with President Bill…
Appearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee this month, Solicitor General Elena Kagan presents a candidate as polished as can be: former Harvard law dean, highly regarded professor, a clerk…
Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal has notified the U.S. Supreme Court that the U.S. Bureau of Prisons supplied incorrect information about six juvenile prisoners that was cited in a recent…
Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor had a problem when she was starting out in her legal career: Her baby sitter had quit, and she had three young children at home.
All nine of the current justices on the U.S. Supreme court were federal judges before their elevation, but the nominee to replace Justice John Paul Stevens has no such experience.…
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