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Supreme Court Candidates, 2010 (view source)
Revision as of 21:16, May 15, 2010
, 21:16, May 15, 2010→Elena Kagan: Komrade Kagan
== Elena Kagan ==
== Elena Kagan ==
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<ref>[http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2010/05/13/komrade-kagan/ Komrade Kagan,] By Mark Alexander · Thursday, 13 May 2010. Retrieved from the Patriot Post 15 May 2010.</ref> 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/ . 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>
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>