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Elena Kagan (/ ˈ k eɪ ɡ ə n / KAY-guhn; born April 28, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and is the fourth woman to serve on the Court.
President Barack Obama nominates Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court (14 min 6 secs). President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court on May 10, 2010. [3] He praised Kagan as a "consensus builder", and said that she "is widely regarded as one of the nation's foremost legal minds". [4]
Pages in category "Lists of United States Supreme Court opinions of Elena Kagan" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Kagan dissented from the Court's grant of certiorari before judgment, vacatur of the lower court's decision, and remand for further consideration in light of Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo .
This was the fourth term of Associate Justice Elena Kagan's tenure on the Court. Elena Kagan 2013 term statistics 7 Majority or Plurality: 0 Concurrence: 0 Other: 3
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
Judulang v. Holder • []: 565 U.S. 42 (2011) deportation • discretionary relief • comparable-grounds rule • Administrative Procedure Act: Unanimous: The Court ruled that the Board of Immigration Appeals' "comparable-grounds rule" was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act.
On May 20, Diane Wood and Elena Kagan attended a conference on judicial independence at Georgetown University hosted by retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. [35] Ultimately, Obama winnowed his list to four individuals, all of them women: Sotomayor, Wood, Kagan, and Napolitano. [36]