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Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Federal Judges, John Roberts, Merrick Garland, Neal Katyal, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court in President Obama's Second Term
How will the Supreme Court affect President Obama, and how will President Obama affect the Supreme Court, as we enter the 44th president's second term? -
Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Federal Judges, Law Professors, Neal Katyal, Old People, Politics, R. Ted Cruz, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
What Will a Second Obama Term Mean for the Supreme Court?
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Antitrust, Brett Kavanaugh, Copyright, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Paul Clement, Peter Lattman, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Non-Sequiturs: 12.22.11
* Searching for the perfect holiday present? Via Professor Glenn Reynolds: “As A Christmas Gift, Tell Your Friends and Relatives They’re Fat.” [Instapundit] * If a Republican wins the White House in 2012, who might get nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court? Mike Sacks offers up a star-studded SCOTUS short list: the brilliant and genial […]
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Celebrities, Contests, Elena Kagan, Pictures, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Elena Kagan's Celebrity Doppelgänger Is...
Elena Kagan has the face that launched a thousand comparisons. TMZ thought she looked like Kevin James. The man wooing her via Craigslist thinks she’s a cross between Carrie Fisher, Laura Linney, and Bette Midler. We polled you, and the results are in. Who is the winner of the Elena Kagan Look-Alike Contest? -
Craigslist, Elena Kagan, Romance and Dating, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Soliciting a Date from the Solicitor General: Man Woos Kagan -- Over Craigslist?
There’s a long tradition of seeking Supreme Court love via Craigslist (see here and here). And the tradition continues. From a Craigslist posting entitled 40-something SJM ISO Elena Kagan (we’ve added some links to clarify various references): I’ve had a crush on you for almost twenty years (and you deservedly made fun of me when […] -
Celebrities, Contests, Elena Kagan, Pictures, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
The Elena Kagan Look-A-Like Contest: Who does she most resemble?
Solicitor General Elena Kagan is a woman to be respected. She’s a product of Princeton, Oxford, and Harvard Law School. She’s one of the Elect (OT 1987 / Marshall). She’s taught at two of the nation’s top law schools and served as dean of one of them. She’s America’s lawyer, and if confirmed this summer, […] -
Elena Kagan, Eliot Spitzer, Gay, Lesbians, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
It's Official: Elena Kagan Is Straight!
We’ve had plenty of unnamed sources insisting on the heterosexuality of Solicitor General and Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. The most notable was the anonymous administration official who told the Washington Post that Kagan isn’t gay, in response to an online column by conservative blogger Ben Domenech claiming otherwise. But there have been other such […] - Sponsored
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Contests, Elena Kagan, Pictures, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Who Does SCOTUS Nominee Elena Kagan Look Like?
UPDATE: Vote in our Elena Kagan Look-A-Like Contest here. Every time we write about Solicitor General Elena Kagan (and we’re writing about her quite frequently since Obama tapped her for the Supreme Court), our readers immediately begin commenting on her looks. That is not unusual in these parts. Men and women are often superficial. Rather […] -
Elena Kagan, Law Professors, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential
Elena Kagan and Me: One Semester of Civ Pro With the New SCOTUS Nominee
I can count myself as one of the thousands of students that had Elena Kagan as a professor. She’s taught at the University of Chicago School of Law and Harvard Law School. I had her in 2000 — before she became Dean of Harvard Law School — for Civil Procedure my first semester 1L year. […] -
Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Politics, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential
Liveblogging Obama's Elena Kagan Announcement
President Obama is set to announce Elena Kagan as his next Supreme Court nominee. I’m liveblogging the press conference. Check it out below. Kagan Announcement -
Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Politics, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential
It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Kagan
Everywhere you go, people are buzzing that President Barack Obama has made his choice on the replacement for Justice John Paul Stevens. And the consensus is that the nominee will be Solicitor General Elena Kagan. Politico reports that David, Kash and I will be up late on Sunday: Look for President Obama to name his […] -
Barack Obama, Diane Wood, Elena Kagan, Gender, John Paul Stevens, Merrick Garland, Politics, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Sidney Thomas, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Speculation: Could It Be Wood?Ten reasons Obama might appoint Diane Wood.
Now that President Obama has interviewed the four finalists for the U.S. Supreme Court seat he has to fill — Judge Merrick Garland (D.C. Cir.), Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Judge Sidney Thomas (9th Cir.), and Judge Diane Wood (7th Cir) — the nominee could be announced any day now. Who will it be? We realize […]
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7th Circuit, Diane Wood, Elena Kagan, John Paul Stevens, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Judicial Sight-ations: Justice Stevens, and Several Potential Successors, in Chicago
For Article III groupies, the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago was the place to be last night. The annual meeting of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association and Judicial Conference of the Seventh Circuit attracted a bevy of judicial superstars, who mixed and mingled at the conference’s grand banquet. The most notable luminary was Justice John Paul […] -
Bill Clinton, Elena Kagan, Fabulosity, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Lesbians, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Did Bill Clinton Just Join Team Kagan?And what team does Elena Kagan play for?
Shortly after Justice John Paul Stevens announced his upcoming retirement from the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan emerged as a leading candidate to fill his seat. The phrase “Team Kagan” started popping up all over the place (as we noted in our Twitter feed). Numerous users of Twitter and Facebook, as well as many […] -
Reader Polls, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Supreme Speculation: More Potential Stevens SuccessorsPlus a pair of reader polls.
The speculation continues over who will be nominated to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court. If you’re looking to follow all the latest news and rumor, in addition to reading the usual suspects, like SCOTUSblog, check out the particularly comprehensive coverage over at The Ninth Justice, a blog of the National […] -
Diane Wood, Elena Kagan, John Paul Stevens, Merrick Garland, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Supreme Speculation: Who Will Obama Nominate to Replace John Paul Stevens?
For weeks, the media laundry machine has been circulating news of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’s impending retirement. Now that the buzzer has gone off on that, it’s time to switch to the next cycle: speculation as to who President Barack Obama will nominate to replace him. President Obama has been dragging his feet […] -
Elena Kagan, John Paul Stevens, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Solicitor General's Office, Supreme Court
Is the Kagan Nomination a Done Deal?
With apologies to John Paul “I’m not dead yet” Stevens, speculation has been rampant about who will replace him, if he decides to retire. Many of the names that came up after Souter retired are bubbling back to the surface, but U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan has to be considered the front runner. Obama hasn’t […] -
Biglaw, Gay, Kathleen Sullivan, Lesbians, Partner Issues, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Is Kathleen Sullivan the First Female Name Partner in the Am Law 100?
A question started percolating around the ATL offices this morning (your ATL editors do work out of an office, at least since our moms kicked us out of the basement): Is Kathleen Sullivan the FIRST female named partner in the Am Law 100? We figured that surely there was at least one other firm that […] -
Gay, Kathleen Sullivan, Law Firm Names, Lesbians, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
CHECK YOU FIRM NAME: Quinn Emanuel Adds Kathleen Sullivan to the Stationery
An ATL favorite, Quinn Emanuel, is making a change to its firm name. From the Quinn press release: John B. Quinn announced today that the firm he and Eric Emanuel founded 25 years ago will change its name, and henceforth be known as Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. The decision to add Kathleen M. […]