Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan 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.
Some of the key events about Elena Kagan
- 1981Graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University
- 1986Earned Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Harvard Law School
- 1986Wrote a thesis that some critics later characterized as expressing sympathy for the decline of socialism
- 1991Became a tenured professor at the University of Chicago Law School
- 1995Served as Associate White House Counsel under President Bill Clinton
- 1999Nominated by President Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- 2003Appointed as the first female dean of Harvard Law School
- 2009Nominated by President Obama as the first female Solicitor General of the United States
- 2009Faced criticism for her lack of judicial experience when nominated as Solicitor General
- 2010Nominated by President Obama to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
- 2010Confirmed as the fourth female justice in the history of the Supreme Court
- 2010Encountered opposition during Supreme Court nomination due to her perceived liberal views
- 2010Criticized for her handling of military recruitment at Harvard Law School while serving as dean
- 2011Faced calls to recuse herself from the Affordable Care Act case due to prior work as Solicitor General
- 2012Drew criticism for her majority opinion in "Reichle v. Howards", which some viewed as limiting free speech rights
- 2013Wrote the majority opinion in the landmark case United States v. Windsor, striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act
- 2014Dissented in the "Burwell v. Hobby Lobby" case, a decision some saw as restricting women's healthcare access
- 2015Faced backlash for voting against a stay of execution in "Glossip v. Gross", despite concerns about lethal injection drugs
- 2018Criticized for her dissent in "Janus v. AFSCME", which some viewed as undermining labor unions
- 2020Drew criticism for her majority opinion in "McGirt v. Oklahoma", which some argued disrupted criminal jurisdiction in Oklahoma
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