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Sandra Day O'Connor: Elena Kagan Should Be Confirmed to Supreme Court
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyPresident Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, is getting some support for her nomination from the Republican side of the bench. Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor told ABC's "Good Morning America" Thursday that Kagan, the U.S. solicitor general, is "very well qualified academically" and should be confirmed by the Senate. "She'll have to go through the process of the Senate Judiciary Committee. And I don't care who you are, it's a difficult, unpleasant experience for the nominee," O'Connor told anchor George Stephanopoulos. "It's dreadful." O'Connor was the first woman named ...
Elena Kagan Bio: 10 Little-Known Facts, From Socialism to Spitzer
By Patricia Murphy and Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyAs a college student in the 1970s and '80s, she was deeply interested in the roots of socialism. Her net worth exceeds $1 million. She calls Eliot Spitzer a personal friend. Those and other little-known facts about Elena Kagan were revealed Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee released thousands of pages of information about her and her nomination to the Supreme Court. Along with a 200-page questionnaire, the committee release articles, speeches, letters and e-mails from Kagan's past, including her time as the dean of Harvard Law School and the solicitor general of the United States. ...
Sherpa to Climb Mount Everest for 20th Time
By David Knowles - AOL News(April 3) -- Scaling the world's tallest mountain 19 times is an almost unthinkable feat, but for one Nepalese Sherpa, it has been the means for a bigger goal: getting his children an education in the United States. Apa Sherpa, who holds the record for the number of successful climbs to the summit of Mount Everest, has often said that he makes the death-defying ascent so that his children won't ever have to. Now, as he prepares to attempt to reach Everest's peak for the 20th time, the 49-year-old is grateful for the opportunities that climbing has given him. Courtesy of Jerry Mika Apa ...
Sandra O'Connor's Choice: What Her Missing Supreme Court Vote Means to Women and America
By Jill Lawrence - Politics Daily"Gosh, I step away for a couple of years and there's no telling what's going to happen," former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor joked recently in a speech at Georgetown University. ...
Ted Kennedy, Harvey Milk, Sidney Poitier Among Medal of Freedom Winners
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThe White House has released a list of 16 people who will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 12. Echoing his rhetoric from the campaign trail, President Obama said they all shared one common factor: "Each has been an agent of change." ...
Sandra Day O'Connor: Experience Matters
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyAdd Sandra Day O'Connor's voice to the chorus saying that, yes, life experiences do and should matter when choosing a new Supreme Court justice. ...
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