Kagan Confirmed to Supreme Court

Elena Kagan will be the third women on the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Senate voted today 61 to 31 to confirm the former solicitor general.

“The Lawyers’ Committee is pleased with the bipartisan vote in confirming Elena Kagan as Associate Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court,” said Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Barbara Arnwine. “In her historic appointment as the fourth woman to ever serve on the high court, and as the third woman on the current bench, we expect and hope that she will rule in the mode of her predecessor, Justice John Paul Stevens, and her mentor, Justice Thurgood Marshall.”
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Black Caucus Submits Questions for Sup. Court Nominee Elena Kagan

As Senate hearings begin today, the Congressional Black Caucus sent questions to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy requesting that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan be asked to respond.

The letter signed by CBC Chair, Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chair of the CBC Judicial Nominations Taskforce, applauds Kagan’s outstanding background and President Obama for nominating “a person who understands the real-world consequences of judicial decisions.” However, the CBC submitted questions to clarify issues related to race and criminal justice.

The complete letter is below.

June 28, 2010

Senator Patrick J. Leahy
Chairman
Committee on the Judiciary
224 Dirsken Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Chairman Leahy:

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) believes that Elena Kagan possesses outstanding academic and professional credentials, and applauds President Obama for nominating a person who understands the real-world consequences of judicial decisions. However, the CBC has questions about the more »