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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.
When nominated, Kagan was Solicitor General of the United States, a position to which Obama had appointed her in March 2009. Kagan was the first Supreme Court nominee since Sandra Day O'Connor in 1981 to not be a sitting circuit court judge and the most recent such nominee as of 2023.
The second appointment was that of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace the retired John Paul Stevens. Kagan was confirmed by the Senate on August 5, 2010, by a vote of 63–37. Kagan was confirmed by the Senate on August 5, 2010, by a vote of 63–37.
And Barack Obama appointed two women, the aforementioned Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, whom he appointed in 2010. Sotomayor, Kagan, Barrett and Jackson all sit on the current court.
Democratic appointee Elena Kagan is 64, and the other four justices — three Trump appointees and one Joe Biden appointee — are in their 50s. ... who was appointed to the court in 1991, once ...
Following is a comprehensive list of all Article III and Article IV United States federal judges appointed by President Barack ... Elena Kagan: 4: Massachusetts: John ...
Kagan, a member of the court's liberal minority, has called for creating a panel of lower court judges appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts to handle allegations made against the justices.
Five individuals, who were confirmed for associate justice, were later appointed chief justice separately: John Rutledge, [a] Edward Douglass White, [b] Charles Evans Hughes, [a] Harlan F. Stone [b] and William Rehnquist. [b] While listed twice, each of them has been assigned only one index number. The justices of the Supreme Court are: [9] [10]