Published on Thursday, August 5, 2010 by logointern1
Washington– Her confirmation assured, Elena Kagan is on the brink of becoming the fourth woman ever to serve as a Supreme Court justice.
The Senate is set Thursday to confirm President Barack Obama’s nominee, whose addition to the court will mark the first time three female justices have served concurrently. Nearly all Democrats, the Senate’s two... Read More »
Published on Thursday, July 22, 2010 by Jennifer Vanasco
(Washington) Republican Sen. Richard Lugar, breaking with the GOP on an election-year Supreme Court nomination, on Wednesday became the second in his party to announce he would vote to confirm Elena Kagan as a justice.
The Indiana Republican’s position doesn’t alter the positive outlook for Kagan, who was already on track to be confirmed early next month. ... Read More »
Published on Monday, July 5, 2010 by James Withers
How did you spend your Fourth? What did you do yesterday? Watch Rafael Nadal (what a tasty specimen) win another Wimbledon championship? Go gaga over some fireworks? Attend a barbecue? Dutifully go over your Revolutionary War history? I reread Frederick Douglass’ The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro, a much needed corrective for all the self congratulati... Read More »
Published on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by James Withers
Who knew Thurgood Marshall had to be reconfirmed for the Supreme Court? The associate justice, who headed the team that won Brown v. Board of Education, has been under scrutiny in Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearing. Solicitor General Kagan clerked for Marshall and has spoken in glowing terms of the man.To hear the Republicans tell it, the man is a liberal Satan... Read More »
Published on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 by logointern2
(Washington) Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on Tuesday defended her policy of barring military recruiters from the Harvard Law School career counseling office, saying the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell” policy violated its anti-discrimination policy.
“We were trying to make sure that military recruiters had full and complete access to our stud... Read More »