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Aug 7, 2010 · Kagan became solicitor general after being nominated to that position by President Barack Obama (D) on January 5, 2009, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 19, 2009. Kagan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on a supermajority 61-31 vote, with eight senators abstaining.
Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: Elena Kagan is a Supreme Court justice and the first woman to serve as solicitor general of the United States of America. Industries; U.S. Politics; Law
Sep 3, 2021 · Kagan briefly worked in electoral politics on the campaign of Democratic Party presidential candidate Michael Dukakis in 1988, but soon returned to the law, taking an associate position at the Washington, D.C. firm of Williams & Connolly.
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Kagan is considered a liberal Justice on most key issues. For example, she has voted in favor of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), same-sex marriage, gun control, and abortion, and she has sought to protect voting rights.
November-December 2022. Justice Elena Kagan Photograph courtesy of the United States Supreme Court, Public Domain. A dissent by Justice Elena Kagan, J.D. ’86, in June illustrated why she won acclaim as a writer when she began to publish opinions after joining the Supreme Court in 2010.
Elena Kagan is a U.S. Supreme Court justice who was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2010 to succeed the retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Prior to her nomination, she was solicitor...
Aug 5, 2010 · The U.S. Senate voted 63 to 37 Thursday afternoon to approve Elena Kagan as an associate justice to the Supreme Court, making her the fourth woman to become a justice on the nation’s highest...
