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August 5, 2010
OPINION - On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court...
August 5, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have harshly criticized Kagan, 50, as a political activist who would be unable to put aside…
August 5, 2010
OPINION - Many gay rights activists see the yesterday's decision as a direct extension of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court…
July 20, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Elena Kagan is facing the first vote on her nomination to the Supreme Court before a Senate…
July 2, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) - The 45-0 vote came four days after a Supreme Court ruling made it almost certain that Chicago's…
July 1, 2010
OPINION - How can Justices Scalia, Roberts, and Thomas rule to overturn 71 years of Supreme Court precedent based solely…
June 30, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barring an unexpected turn, Kagan will succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens and become the fourth woman…
June 29, 2010
OPINION - Their goal remains to bully, cow, and badger her to insure that she toes the line not solely…
June 28, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - She is expected to be a liberal stalwart on a court that has become more conservative with…
June 28, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - In doing so, the justices, by a narrow 5-4 margin, signaled that less severe restrictions could survive…
June 8, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Elena Kagan has spoken often of her admiration for the justice, calling him "the most important --…
June 2, 2010
OPINION - This ruling is typical of a conservative majority that has been out on the attack when it comes…
May 26, 2010
VIDEO - The Supreme Court decided Monday that a group of black applicants didn't wait too long to sue over…
May 26, 2010
VIDEO - The high court reversed a lower court ruling throwing out an antitrust suit brought against the league by…
May 26, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - As a young lawyer working for Justice Thurgood Marshall, Elena Kagan repeatedly expressed her concern that a…
May 24, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - It is the second time in as many years that the high court has tackled discrimination in…
May 21, 2010
VIDEO - This week, the Supreme Court ruled that juveniles who commit crimes aside from murder cannot be sentenced to…
May 18, 2010
SLIDESHOW - In nominating Kagan to replace Justice John Paul Stevens, President Obama has chosen a brilliant legal scholar with…
May 18, 2010
OPINION - The latest Supreme Court ruling banning life terms for juveniles who aren't guilty of murder is not nearly…
May 17, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's oldest and largest civil rights group voted unanimously at a board meeting in Florida to…