Elena Kagan
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Age | 63 |
| Date of birth | April 28,1960 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Upper West Side |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Nationality | American |
| Deputy | Neal Katyal |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Siblings | Marc Kagan |
| Irving Kagan | |
| Job | Lawyer |
| Professor | |
| Law professor | |
| Previous position | Solicitor General of the United States (2009–2010) |
| Position | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2010 | |
| Education | Harvard Law School |
| Parents | Gloria Kagan |
| Robert Kagan | |
| Books | We Dissent: Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan on Dobbs V. Jackson, the Supreme Court's Decision Banning Abortion |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 402475 |
Elena Kagan Life story
Elena Kagan is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 10, 2010, and has served since August 7, 2010. Kagan is the fourth woman to become a member of the Court.
US Supreme Court strikes down student loan forgiveness plan
... In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that " the result here is that the court substitutes itself for Congress and the Executive Branch in making national policy about student-loan forgiveness"...
Supreme Court backs Jack Daniel's in dog toy row
... Justice Elena Kagan, who wrote the court s opinion, noted: " This case is about dog toys and whiskey, two items seldom appearing in the same sentence...
Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first black woman on US top court
... The addition of Ms Jackson to the court means that its liberal minority - with Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor - will be made up entirely of women...
Roe v Wade: Abortion clinics start to close after Supreme Court ruling
... The three justices who disagreed with the majority - Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan - wrote that they had done so " with sorrow - for this court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection"...
US Supreme Court reverses New York law limit gun rights
... The liberal justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer dissented...
Trump is not a lawyer - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
... Standing from left, Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Brett M Kavanaugh Ms Ginsburg, 86, is the oldest sitting justice on the Supreme Court, and has received hospital treatment a number of times in recent years...
Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first black woman on US top court
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been Sworn In as The newest associate Supreme Court justice, becoming The First black woman to serve on The Nation 's highest court.
The Appointment follows one of The Most consequential Supreme Court terms in recent memory, with significant rulings on abortion and gun rights.
Ms Jackson, 51, will replace Justice Stephen Breyer , joining The Court 's three-member liberal minority.
She accepts " The solemn responsibility" of The Role , She Said in a statement.
The former Public Defender joins The Court at a tumultuous period in its history. The nine-member court is currently split between six Republican-appointed justices and three picked by Democrats.
In recent weeks it delivered several blockbuster decisions - overturning The 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision on abortion, striking down a New York law restricting gun-carrying rights, and limiting The US Environmental Protection Agency's power to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions.
The lifetime appointment will likely see Ms Jackson on The Bench for decades but will not shift The current ideological balance of The Court .
The addition of Ms Jackson to The Court means that its liberal minority - with Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor - will be made up entirely of women.
Mr Breyer congratulated his successor on Thursday, saying " her Hard Work , integrity, and intelligence have earned her a place on this court. "
" I Am glad for my fellow justices. They gain a colleague who is empathetic, thoughtful, and collegial, " He Said .
US President Joe Biden , a Democrat, announced her nomination in February. In April, three Republicans crossed The aisle to seal her appointment in The US Senate.
During her confirmation, Democrats touted Ms Jackson's experience working as a Public Defender . She will be The First Supreme Court justice since Thurgood Marshall - The First Black Man to appointed to The highest judicial Body - to have career experience representing criminal defendants.
Ms Jackson, a Washington Dc native, previously sat on The influential US court of Appeals for The DC circuit.
She has two degrees from Harvard University and once served as editor of The Harvard Law Review . She worked as a Public Defender in Washington before joining a Private Practice prior to her judicial appointments.
Source of news: bbc.com
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