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Signs Pointing to Kagan?
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| Contributor | J.R. |
| Last Edited | J.R. May 04, 2010 04:09pm |
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| Category | Speculative |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 4, 2010 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Are the winds shifting Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s way?
Newsweek seems to think so.
In a piece published Monday, senior administration officials tell the magazine that increasing the gender diversity on the Supreme Court is on President Barack Obama’s mind as he whittles down the list of potential candidates to replace Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
According to Newsweek, Obama has told friends and colleagues that he would like to be the first president to elevate three women to the highest court.
That leaves Kagan, the former dean of Harvard Law School who was also on the Supreme Court shortlist after Justice David Souter’s retirement last year, in a good position, according to Newsweek’s analysis, since the other women on the shortlist — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Judge Diane Wood — have potential drawbacks. |
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