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Thomas, Kagan asked to sit out health care case (AP)

November 26th, 2011 | Author: admin

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2010, file photo the Supreme Court's newest member, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, is seen during a group portrait at the Court in Washington. Conservative interest groups and Republican lawmakers want Justice Kagan off the health care case. Liberals and Democrats in Congress say it's Justice Clarence Thomas who should sit it out. Neither justice is budging — the right decision, according to many ethicists and legal experts. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP – Conservative interest groups and Republican lawmakers want Justice Elena Kagan off the health care case. Liberals and Democrats in Congress say it’s Justice Clarence Thomas who should sit it out.


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Sen. Hatch: Kagan should sit out health care case (AP)

February 4th, 2011 | Author: admin

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, speaks about health care at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. A Republican drive to repeal the year-old health care law ended in party-line defeat in the Senate on Wednesday, leaving the Supreme Court to render a final, unpredictable verdict on an issue steeped in political and constitutional controversy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP – Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, an opponent of the recently enacted health care overhaul, says Justice Elena Kagan should not take part in the widely expected Supreme Court consideration of the new law.


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New high court era: Kagan makes 3 women on bench (AP)

October 4th, 2010 | Author: admin

This handout photo provided by the Supreme Court shows, from left, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Justice Elena Kagan in the Justices' Conference Room prior to Justice Kagan's Investiture Ceremony, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, at the court in Washington. (AP Photo/Steve Petteway, Supreme Court)AP – The Supreme Court began a new era Monday with three women serving together for the first time, Elena Kagan taking her place at the end of the bench and quickly joining in the give-and-take.


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Kagan asks questions at first high court argument (AP)

October 4th, 2010 | Author: admin

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2010 file photo, Elena Kagan smiles as she is applauded during a ceremony with President Barack Obama to mark her confirmation to become the next Supreme Court justice, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. First Amendment cases top the Supreme Court's docket as it begins a new term with a new justice and three women on the bench for the first time. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP – This time Elena Kagan got to ask the questions. With her confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court now a part of history, the court’s newest justice — and third woman — took a direct role for the first time in a case before the court.


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New Supreme Court term opens with Kagan aboard (AP)

October 4th, 2010 | Author: admin

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2010 file photo, Elena Kagan smiles as she is applauded during a ceremony with President Barack Obama to mark her confirmation to become the next Supreme Court justice, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. First Amendment cases top the Supreme Court's docket as it begins a new term with a new justice and three women on the bench for the first time. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP – The Supreme Court opened its new term with Justice Elena Kagan on the bench.


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It’s Official! Kagan sworn in to Supreme Court

August 7th, 2010 | Author: admin

ELENA KAGAN began her judging career at the very top yesterday, taking the oath – twice – to become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Kagan sworn in as fourth woman on Supreme Court (AP)

August 7th, 2010 | Author: admin

Elena Kagan is sworn in as the Supreme Court's newest member as Chief Justice John Roberts, right, administers the judicial oath, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. The Bible is held by Jeffrey Minear, center, counselor to the chief justice. Kagan, 50, who replaces retired Justice John Paul Stevens, becomes the fourth woman to sit on the high court, and is the first Supreme Court justice in nearly four decades with no previous experience as a judge. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Elena Kagan was sworn in Saturday as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court.


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