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Elena Kagan is currently [[Solicitor General]] of the United States, confirmed in 2009 by a vote of 61-31.<ref>[http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00107 On the Nomination (Confirmation Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General)], United States Senate</ref>  She was born in 1960.

Elena Kagan is currently [[Solicitor General]] of the United States, confirmed in 2009 by a vote of 61-31.<ref>[http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00107 On the Nomination (Confirmation Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General)], United States Senate</ref>  She was born in 1960.

In an April 11 column for the New Ledger, Ben Domenech stated that Elena Kagan would be the "first openly gay justice."<ref>http://newledger.com/2010/04/obamas-top-ten-supreme-court-picks/</ref>  On April 16, in the ''Huffington Post'', Domenech offered his "sincere apologies to Ms. Kagan if she is offended at all by my repetition of a Harvard rumor in a speculative blog post."<ref>Huffington Post, ''The White House, Elena Kagan, and Me'', by Ben Domenech, April 16, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-domenech/the-white-house-elena-kag_b_540633.html]</ref>

In an April 11 column for the New Ledger, Ben Domenech stated that Elena Kagan would be the "first openly gay justice."<ref>http://newledger.com/2010/04/obamas-top-ten-supreme-court-picks/ . Under pressure to retract his statement, Domenech did not do so but did offer his "sincere apologies to Ms. Kagan if she is offended at all by my repetition of a Harvard rumor in a speculative blog post." [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-domenech/the-white-house-elena-kag_b_540633.html Huffington Post, ''The White House, Elena Kagan, and Me'', by Ben Domenech, April 16, 2010] When Kagan was nominated despite her lack of customary qualifications, Domenech reiterated his first observation.</ref>

Elena Kagan served as Dean of Harvard Law School, where she supported a censorship and banning of participation by the United States Armed Forces in recruitment that is made available to hundreds of other employers.  She signed onto a law brief in 2004 urging the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] to overturn the [[Solomon Amendment]], which placed as a condition of receipt of federal funds by institutions (including Harvard Law School) that they not discriminate against recruitment by the U.S. Armed Forces. ''Rumsfeld v. FAIR'', Docket No. 04-1152, 2004 U.S. Briefs 1152.  The U.S. Supreme Court rejected her argument by a vote of 8-0.  But Harvard University continues to ban [[ROTC]] to this day.<ref>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/service-academy-parents/724749-interesting-article-about-rotc.html</ref>

Elena Kagan served as Dean of Harvard Law School, where she supported a censorship and banning of participation by the United States Armed Forces in recruitment that is made available to hundreds of other employers.  She signed onto a law brief in 2004 urging the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] to overturn the [[Solomon Amendment]], which placed as a condition of receipt of federal funds by institutions (including Harvard Law School) that they not discriminate against recruitment by the U.S. Armed Forces. ''Rumsfeld v. FAIR'', Docket No. 04-1152, 2004 U.S. Briefs 1152.  The U.S. Supreme Court rejected her argument by a vote of 8-0.  But Harvard University continues to ban [[ROTC]] to this day.<ref>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/service-academy-parents/724749-interesting-article-about-rotc.html</ref>