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Elena Kagan News - The New York Times
Updated: May 1, 2009 Elena Kagan is the first woman to hold the position of solicitor general, and is considered a leading candidate to replace Supreme Court Justice David A. Souter, who has told associates that he intends to resign. The solicitor general, who is the only federal official ...
Conservatives target Sotomayor, Kagan, Wood
politico.com — A conservative politico likely to work on the coming judicial nomination battle sends over a memo circulating... on the right, which targets three likely Obama nominees: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Judge Diane Wood, and Solicitor General Elena Kagan. The ... (more) Conservatives target Sotomayor, Kagan, Wood
Elena Kagan, Radical?
weeklystandard.com — Earlier this week, President Obama called Republican Senator Orrin Hatch to discuss the vacancy on the Court... left by Justice Souter. According to Hatch's office, the president "assured Hatch...that he would appoint a pragmatist, not a radical, to ... (more) Elena Kagan, Radical?
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Blogtalk: Supreme Selection and Obama's Surprise
The Caucus — ... Michelle Malkin, the doyenne of conservative bloggers, listed three top female contenders, Solicitor General Elena Kagan , Judge Diana Wood and Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who may be on Mr. Obama’s short list under the title “ ...

Battle Over The Supreme Court Is Joined... Except There Is No Nominee
DownWithTyranny! — ... are playing to with their obstructionism. Last night Rahm Emanuel anonymously leaked a list of likely prospects and this morning the NY Times and most major news outlets reprinted or rebroadcast this list. Was it real or was Emanuel just getting the pack off the scent? Supposedly Obama hasn't decided yet but will try to over the weekend. Except James Comey, all the names being bandied about look pretty good and see really excellent, especially Elena Kagan, Pamela Karlan, Sonia Sotomayor and Diane Wood. Media outlets ...

Obama Interviews Wood for Supreme Court Seat
The Caucus — ... is expected to take place at the White House, where Mr. Obama will be on Friday and the first two days of the following week before leaving for a foreign trip to Egypt and Europe. Television cameras filmed Ms. Wood on Wednesday as she walked through the crowd of legal scholars and judges at a conference at the Georgetown Law School that was named in recognition of former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. But Ms. Wood was not the only potential Supreme Court candidate in the room. Elena Kagan , the solicitor general who also is believed to be under consideration for the Supreme Court ...

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