Elena Kagan’s First Question Was Pretty Complicated
First Monday in October, and the new Supreme Court gets down to business.
First Monday in October, and the new Supreme Court gets down to business.
Neither one had judicial experience before being nominated to the Supreme Court.William Rehnquist was nominated to the court (and then became Chief Justice) after serving as a lawyer in the Richard Nixon administration. Elena Kagan was nominated after serving as a lawyer in the Bill Clinton administration, and as Solicitor General under Barack Obama.