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2 days ago · Sandra Day O'Connor was the last justice who held elective office, as a state senator in Arizona. In today's court, every justice — other than Elena Kagan — has been a federal appellate judge.
4 days ago · Some justices of the court, perhaps recognizing that public opinion on the Court has waned considerably in recent years, have been outspoken in support of some reforms. Justice Elena Kagan, for example, has twice over the summer expressed support for creating a binding ethics code.
4 days ago · Last February, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. sent his eight Supreme Court colleagues a confidential memo that radiated frustration and certainty. The key word there is “confidential.” If it was confidential, what are two New York Times reporters doing writing about it?
May 10, 2010 · WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court on Monday, declaring the former Harvard Law School dean "one of the nation's foremost legal...
4 days ago · Through the Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress specified the Court's original and appellate jurisdiction, created thirteen judicial districts, and fixed the number of justices at six (one chief justice and five associate justices).
5 days ago · Lawmaker must testify in Kyrene trans athlete case. T he top Republicans in the state Legislature must answer questions about their motives in promoting and voting in 2022 to ban transgender girls from participating in girls' sports. Without comment, Justice Elena Kagan – the duty justice for this area of the country – rebuffed claims by ...
3 days ago · In her Justice Department office in Washington, DC, a vase holds the evidence of how busy the 48th solicitor general of the United States has been: In it, a collection of quills—an old-time ...
