Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan (born April 28, 1960)[2] is an American lawyer and judge. She is a United States Supreme Court Justice. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 5, 2010. She is one of four women on the court. Kagan is the only Supreme Court Justice who had never been a judge before becoming a Justice. Before being a Justice, she was Solicitor General and dean of Harvard Law School. Kagan was born and raised in New York City[3] and is Jewish.[4]
Elena Kagan | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Assumed office August 7, 2010 | |
| Nominated by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | John Paul Stevens |
| 45th Solicitor General of the United States | |
| In office March 19, 2009 – May 17, 2010[1] | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Neal Katyal |
| Preceded by | Edwin Kneedler (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Neal Katyal (Acting) |
| 11th Dean of Harvard Law School | |
| In office July 1, 2003 – March 19, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Clark |
| Succeeded by | Martha Minow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1960
(aged 65) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Worcester College, Oxford Harvard University |
Elena Kagan Media
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Kagan graduates from Harvard Law School in 1986.
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Kagan in the Oval Office with President Bill Clinton in 1997 during her tenure as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
Kagan as Harvard Law School dean in 2008
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Kagan meets with then President Obama in the Oval Office, April 2010, a month before nominating her to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Obama nominates Kagan to be an Associate Justice for the United States Supreme Court.
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Kagan, Obama, and Chief Justice John Roberts before her investiture ceremony, October 1, 2010
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Kagan (right), then a Supreme Court nominee, meets with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
The first four female U.S. Supreme Court justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Kagan, October 2010. (O'Connor is not wearing a robe because she had retired before the picture was taken.)
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References
- ↑ Rajghatta, Chidanand (May 19, 2010). PIO Neal Katyal poised to become US solicitor general. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/indians-abroad/PIO-Neal-Katyal-poised-to-become-US-solicitor-general/articleshow/5946962.cms. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
- ↑ Who's Who In America (2008). "Elena Kagan – WhosWhoInAmerica.Com". Marquis. Archived from the original on 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ . Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Katharine Q. Seelye, Lisa W. Foderaro"A Climb Marked by Confidence and Canniness". The New York Times. 2010-05-10. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/us/politics/10kagan.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ↑ Obama picks Kagan as Justice nominee
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