Elena Kagan was sworn in as the 112th justice of the US Supreme Court Saturday. Kagan, the former US Solicitor General and dean of Harvard Law School , took part...
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The US Senate on Thursday voted 63-37 to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court . The vote fell largely along party lines, with only one Democrat voting...
The US Senate on Tuesday heard final statements on the confirmation of US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan . Most Senate Republicans oppose her confirmation, but have chosen not to...
ISRAEL: Judicial Appointments, Standing and Political Questions
Jonathan Cohen, Pitt Law '12, studied in Jerusalem as part of a program hosted by the Touro College Law Center and sponsored by Pitt's Center for International Legal Education. He writes about the differences between Israel and the United States...
Judiciary Committee votes to send Kagan nomination to full Senate
The US Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday voted 13-6 to send the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan to the full Senate. The vote divided largely along party lines, with Democrats...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday delayed a vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan at the request of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) . The vote on...
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...
