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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.
May 9, 2024 · Elena Kagan 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). Kagan, the daughter of Robert Kagan, a lawyer, and Gloria Gittelman Kagan, an elementary school teacher, was raised in New York City.
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 ...
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.
Apr 3, 2003 · The web page announces the appointment of Elena Kagan as the dean of Harvard Law School in 2003, after serving as a professor, a White House official, and a judge nominee. It also provides a brief biography of Kagan's academic and legal career, and praises her achievements and qualifications.
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. In the case, the six Republican-appointed justices made it much harder for the executive branch to curb a primary cause of global warming.
