Research Guides: Supreme Court Nominations: Elena Kagan

Biography

Senate Confirmation Vote
August 5, 2010 Senate vote (63-37) to confirm Kagan as the replacement for retired Justice John Paul Stevens.
Press release from White House
A Climb Marked by Confidence and Canniness
NY Times article.
Nomination of Elena Kagan
Includes video of press conference and transcript
Meet Elena Kagan
Includes video recorded shortly after her nomination by President Obama.
Milestones: Elena Kagan
Interactive timeline from the NY Times.

Articles, Books, Arguments, Speeches

Arguments as Solicitor General
From Oyez.
Kagan's Oxford Thesis
On the NY Times website.
Notable Statements and Writings
NY Times coverage.
Remembering TM (University of Chicago Law School Occasional Paper No. 30)
Reprint of For Justice Marshall by Elena Kagan, published originally in 71 Tex. L. Rev. 1125 (1993) and On Marshall's Legal Legacy by Cass Sunstein, published originally as On Marshall's Conception of Equality in 44 Stan. L. Rev. 1267 (1992).
West Point "Evening Lecture"
Speech to West Point cadets, Oct. 17, 2007.
Documents from the Thurgood Marshall Library
CBS News has exclusive coverage of documents written by Kagan as a law clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Documents from the Clinton Presidential Library
Elena Kagan served in two positions during the Clinton Administration. She was Associate White House Counsel from 1995 - 1996 and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 1997-1999. Records opened on June 4, 2010 are from her time with the Domestic Policy Council and contains files created and received by Kagan.

Hearings

Confirmation Hearing, Senate Judiciary Committee
Solicitor General confirmation hearing; S. Hrg. 111-361, Feb. 10, 2009
Judiciary Committee Questionnaire and Answers
Questionnaire sent to Elena Kagan by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Law Review Articles

Remarks Commemorating Celebration 55: The Women's Leadership Summit, 32 Harv. J.L. & Gender 233 (2009).
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Commentaries: Richard Posner, the Judge, 120 Harv. L. Rev. 1121 (2007).
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Available via HeinOnline.
In Memoriam: David Westfall, 119 Harv. L. Rev. 947 (2006).
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Available via HeinOnline.
Women and the Legal Professions - A Status Report, 61 Rec. Ass'n B. City N.Y. 37 (2006).
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Chevron's Nondelegation Doctrine, 2001 Sup. Ct. Rev. 201 (with David J. Barron).
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Available via HeinOnline.
Presidential Administration, 114 Harv. L. Rev. 2245 (2001).
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Private Speech, Public Purpose: The Role of Governmental Motive in First Amendment Doctrine, 63 U. Chi. L. Rev. 413 (1996).
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Available via HeinOnline.
When a Speech Code Is a Speech Code: The Stanford Policy and the Theory of Incidental Restraints, 29 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 957 (1996).
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For Justice Marshall, 71 Tex. L. Rev. 1125 (1993).
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Available via HeinOnline.
Regulation of Hate Speech and Pornography After R.A.V., 60 U. Chi. L. Rev. 873 (1993).
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Available via HeinOnline.
The Changing Faces of First Amendment Neutrality: R.A.V. v. St. Paul, Rust v. Sullivan, and the Problem of Content-Based Underinclusion, 1992 Sup. Ct. Rev. 29.
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Confirmation Messes, Old and New, 62 U. Chi. L. Rev. 919 (1995) (book review).
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Review of the Confirmation Mess by Stephen L. Carter; available via HeinOnline.
A Libel Story: Sullivan Then and Now, 18 Law & Soc. Inquiry 197 (1993) (book review).
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Review of Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment by Anthony Lewis; available via HeinOnline.

Post-Law School Resume

1986-87: Clerk for Judge Abner Mikva, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
1987-88: Clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court
1989-91: Associate in Private Practice, Williams & Connolly
1991-97: Assistant Professor and Professor, University of Chicago Law School (1991-94 as assistant professor)
1995-96: Associate White House Counsel
1997-99: Deputy Assistant to the President, Domestic Policy Council
1999-01: Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School
2001-03: Professor, Harvard Law School
2003-09: Dean of Harvard Law School
2009-10: Solicitor General of the United States

Latest News

Press Coverage

The Choice
National Law Journal coverage of Kagan nomination.
Times Topics
Collection of news stories from the NY Times.
C-SPAN Videos and Transcripts
From the C-SPAN video archives.

John Paul Stevens

Biographical information
From Oyez, includes opinions
Justice Stevens Invented the Internet
Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinion in Sony v. Universal, decided by the Supreme Court in 1984. This decision is the legal foundation of the Digital Age.
The Legacy of John Paul Stevens
Northwestern University Law Review tribute issue, 2012.