All Posts Tagged With: "Elena Kagan"

Tea Party Targets 3 GOP Senators

Three longtime Republican senators are targeted by the Tea Party because of their good working relationship with Democrats. They are Richard Lugar of Indiana, Orrin Hatch of Utah and Olympia Snowe of Maine. The Tea Party is seen as one of the reasons why the Republicans took majority of the seats in last fall’s congressional [...]

Republican Senator Jon Kyl Won’t Run for another Term

Republican Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona announced that he wouldn’t seek another term next year. Senator Kyl is the second ranking Republican leader in Senate. He is the chief vote-counter of the Republicans in the Senate. Senator Kyl is on his third six year term in the Senate. He said that it’s time to give [...]

Elena Kagan will get confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court

Obama’s pick Elena Kagan will be confirmed to the U.S. supreme court no matter how many people oppose or approve of her. Although a recent poll was released by Rasmussen and it showed that 41% favor Kagan but 47% disapprove her nomination. Elena Kegan is pro-abortion and although most Americans mainly the conservatives are pro-life, [...]

Elena Kagan Is Concerned about the Current State of Law

Elena Kagan has been expressing concerns about the current state of Law in the country and she said that a conservative Supreme Court has been making attempts to cut back on the rights of women, criminal defendants and prisoners. Throughout her time served with Justice Thurgood Marshall, Elena Kagan had been passing memos to express [...]

Elena Kagan’s Documents Are Spread over 160,000 Pages

In related news, we mentioned that President Barack Obama requested the National Archives to release all supportive documents on Elena Kagan’s work and it seems like the judiciary board will have a lot of reading to do, because these “documents” are spread over 160,000 pages. Kagan’s work as associate counsel to Clinton and deputy director [...]

Clinton Defines Judge for the Supreme Court

According to Bill Clinton, it is necessary to consider someone for the Supreme Court who has never been a judge. It turned out that President Barack Obama uses just the same model that was followed by Clinton. At that time the former president was trying to persuade Mario Cuomo, New York Gov. along with George [...]

Supreme Court Nominee, Republican’s Concern

President Barack Obama is aiming for a new replacement for the retiring Supreme Court Justice, John Paul Stevens. So far, the US president has short listed 10 to 15 names and it is a tough decision. All candidates will be subject to a thorough analysis before any one of them is selected as the new [...]

Choosing Supreme Court Justice, Getting Tough

We all know that the Supreme Court Justice, John Paul Stevens is lining up for retirement. This calls in for replacement plans and on the list we have two “uncommon” names: • Elena Kagan • Diane Wood Both these ladies will be subject to a thorough biographical examination and their track record will be analyzed [...]