Elena Kagan

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December 7, 2022

Justice Alito’s tone-deaf ‘joke’ about Black children in KKK robes shows just how out of touch the court is

These are the people deciding reproductive rights, affirmative action programs and how we treat people equally under the law.
March 27, 2013

Supreme Court skeptical of federal Defense of Marriage Act

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is indicating it could strike down the law that prevents legally married gay couples…
October 10, 2012

Supreme Court casts serious doubt over future of affirmative action

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court justices sharply questioned the University of Texas' use of race in college admissions Wednesday…
January 9, 2012

Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan and the battle over who gets to rule

From Color Lines: Justice Thomas claimed he wasn't even aware that he had to report his wife's income and corrected…
November 26, 2011

Thomas, Kagan asked to sit out health care case

WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative interest groups and Republican lawmakers want Justice Elena Kagan off the health care case. Liberals and…
September 13, 2011

Obama picks more females, minorities for judges

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 70 percent of Obama's confirmed judicial nominees during his first two years were "non-traditional," or…
August 7, 2010

Kagan sworn in as fourth woman ever on Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) - Kagan, a former Harvard Law School dean who most recently was solicitor general, was President Obama's choice…
August 6, 2010

Kagan celebrates with Obama, to be sworn in Sat.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The 50-year-old U.S. solicitor general, who won confirmation Thursday over Republican opposition, will be sworn in twice…
August 5, 2010

Why Kagan could be a crucial vote on key cases

OPINION - On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court...
August 5, 2010

Cornel West upset with President Obama

Dr. West has become increasingly vocal in his critique of Obama, and even went as far as to say that…
August 5, 2010

Senate to confirm Kagan as Supreme Court’s 4th-ever woman

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have harshly criticized Kagan, 50, as a political activist who would be unable to put aside…
July 20, 2010

Senate panel OKs Kagan for US Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) - Elena Kagan is facing the first vote on her nomination to the Supreme Court before a Senate…
July 1, 2010

Steele-led GOP wages war on Thurgood Marshall's legacy

After decades of devotion, Michael Steele leads Republicans on the Senate judiciary committee as they turn the civil rights icon…
July 1, 2010

Supreme Court 'activism' is in the eye of the beholder

OPINION - How can Justices Scalia, Roberts, and Thomas rule to overturn 71 years of Supreme Court precedent based solely…
June 30, 2010

Confirmation all but sure, Kagan ending hearings

WASHINGTON (AP) - Barring an unexpected turn, Kagan will succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens and become the fourth woman…
June 29, 2010

GOPers who slammed Marshall's activism can't name a case typifying it

After attacking Thurgood Marshall at Kagan hearings, Republicans can't give examples of his work...
June 29, 2010

GOP puts Thurgood Marshall on trial at Kagan hearings

OPINION - Their goal remains to bully, cow, and badger her to insure that she toes the line not solely…
June 28, 2010

Senate opens Kagan Supreme Court hearings

WASHINGTON (AP) - She is expected to be a liberal stalwart on a court that has become more conservative with…
June 21, 2010

Kagan unscathed after revelations from past

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supporters suggest she can serve as a consensus-builder among deeply divided conservatives and liberals on the nine-member…
June 14, 2010

Thurgood Marshall speaks to Obama from beyond the grave

The real message of "Thurgood" is a celebration of courage -- something Obama may look to as inspiration during a…