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Elena Kagan ( / ˈkeɪɡən / 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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Elena Kagan is a Supreme Court justice and the first woman to serve as solicitor general of the United States of America.
Apr 6, 2022 · Elena Kagan is the second Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court after the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. When Associate Justice Stephen Breyer retires , she will be the only ...
Jul 5, 2024 · Elena Kagan (born April 28, 1960, New York, New York, U.S.) associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 2010. She also was the first woman to serve as U.S. solicitor general (2009–10).
Aug 4, 2020 · WASHINGTON – The day before Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to take the seat next to hers at the Supreme Court, Associate Justice Elena Kagan publicly fretted over the institution's future.
Oct 1, 2010 · Elena Kagan, the newest Supreme Court Justice, was an unsurprising choice for the US Supreme Court, but her judicial philosophy is hard to define.
Kagan published her first dissent in her first term as a justice. Her dissents have classic purposes: to provide a fairer, more trustworthy reading of the law, and to elucidate the majority’s misguided use of power—a guide, perhaps, to correction by some future Court.
