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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. Kagan was born and raised in New York City.
The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court on August 5, 2010, by a vote of 63–37. All Democrats, except for Ben Nelson , voted for her, as did Independents Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders , and five Republicans: Susan Collins , Lindsey Graham , Judd Gregg , Richard Lugar , and Olympia Snowe .
Justice Leondra Kruger of the California Supreme Court clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens from 2003 until 2004. Law clerks have assisted the justices of the United States Supreme Court in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882. Each Associate Justice is permitted to employ four law clerks per Court term; the Chief Justice may employ five. Most ...
The Supreme Court justice supported idea of ethics code when she spoke with Notre Dame Law School Dean G. Marcus Cole on 'The Future of Democracy.' Supreme Court Justice Kagan sheds light on court ...
Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday became the first member of the U.S. Supreme Court to call publicly for beefing up its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it. In her first public remarks ...
Speaking at an event marking the 50th anniversary of Marshall’s ascension to the high court, now-Justice Elena Kagan and three other former Marshall clerks offered recollections of their year ...
The lists of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States cover the law clerks who have assisted the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882. [1] The list is divided into separate lists for each position in the Supreme Court.
Justice Elena Kagan responded to criticism of her idea for how the Supreme Court could enforce an ethics code imposed last year after controversies.