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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. ...
Conservative Group Launches Website Focused on Kagan, Wood, and Sotomayor
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyThe Judicial Confirmation Network, a conservative group that encourages the confirmation of judges who interpret the Constitution -- as opposed to "activist" judges -- has launched a new website, Obama'sFrontrunners.com.The website focuses on Obama's three likely Supreme Court picks:(Elena Kagan)(Diane Wood) (Sonia Sotomayor)Earlier today, JCN issued a press release, saying:It is crucial that the records of Supreme Court potentials such as Kagan, Diane Wood, Sonia Sotomayor, and others be fully vetted and scrutinized so that Americans can have full transparency about them and so that Senators ...
Nerd Alert: Obama Goes Harvard for Solicitor General
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyWell look at President-elect Smarty Pants, Barack Obama. First he goes an appoints a Harvard Nerd, Larry Summers, as his chief White House economic advisor. Now he's got another dweeb in the pipeline, in the form of Elena Kagen, who he wants to nominate as solictor general.No wait, excuse us... whom he wants to nominate as solicitor general. Happy, nerds? Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan is a leading candidate to be President-elect Barack Obama's representative at the US Supreme Court, Bloomberg is reporting this afternoon. Bloomberg, quoting "people familiar with the selection process," ...
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