Kagan addresses political bias, First Amendment as confirmation hearings continue
US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan addressed the effect of political bias on the bench as the Senate Judiciary Committee entered its third day of confirmation hearings . Kagan stated that the...
Senators question Kagan's views on Solomon Act, Citizens United
The second day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan began Tuesday with Kagan defending her decision to restrict military recruiter access to Harvard Law School while she was...
JURIST Guest Columnist Keith Bybee of Syracuse University says that regardless of other issues that may arise, the confirmation hearings of Elena Kagan, like those of other recent Supreme Court nominees, will be dominated by the tension between images of...
Senators offer opposing views on Kagan's experience as confirmation hearings begin
The US Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings Monday for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan , with Democratic and Republican senators offering contrasting interpretations of Kagan's judicial philosophy and lack of experience...
Legal reform groups urge US government to make judicial nominations 'top priority'
A group of legal reform organizations on Tuesday called on US government officials to make judicial nominations "a top priority" and to fill judicial vacancies "expeditiously." The letter, sent to President Barack Obama, the Senate...
Law school deans support Kagan as 'superbly qualified' Supreme Court nominee
A group of 69 current and former law school deans have expressed their support for US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan , describing her as "superbly qualified" in a letter released...
JURIST Guest Columnist Dave Sidhu, founding director of the Discrimination and National Security Initiative (DNSI) and a fellow at the Pluralism Project at Harvard University, says that the soon-likely-to-be-complete domination of the US Supreme Court by graduates of two Ivy...
Senate committee sets Kagan confirmation hearings for June 28
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced in a committee hearing Wednesday that confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will begin June 28 . Leahy's confirmation schedule...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee released a bipartisan questionnaire on Tuesday submitted by Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan regarding her prior experience, financial status, potential conflicts of interest,...
Supreme Court upholds indefinite detention of mentally ill sex offenders
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-2 in United States v. Comstock that mentally ill sex offenders may be civilly committed beyond their prison sentences. The court upheld...
