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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.
This is a list of notable Jewish American jurists. For other famous Jewish Americans, ... Elena Kagan (born 1960) MA: Associate Justice: Stevens: August 5, 2010
David Kagan (born 1949), American bishop; Donald Kagan (1932–2021), Yale historian specializing in ancient Greece (Frederick and Robert Kagan's father) Elena Kagan (born 1960), Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, dean of Harvard Law School, and U.S. Solicitor General (under President Obama). Emily Kagan (born 1981), American mixed ...
Here’s a look at the life of Associate Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. She is the fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
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. Eight have been ...
He had served as an associate justice for 34 years. [1] Those considered front-runners for the nomination by press reports, in addition to Elena Kagan, were Diane Wood and Merrick Garland. [2] Kagan had also been a finalist for the Court vacancy one year earlier, when Justice Sonia Sotomayor was selected to succeed the retiring David Souter. [3]
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 ...
In 2010, the confirmation of President Barack Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the court created the possibility that three Jewish justices would serve simultaneously. Prior to this confirmation, conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan stated that, "If Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the U.S ...