Lady Kaga
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Elena Kagan, Exercise, Federal Judges, Jeffrey Toobin, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Meet the Personal Trainer to Two Supreme Court Justices
How many push-ups can Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg do? You'd be surprised.... -
Anthony Kennedy, Clerkships, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Janice Rogers Brown, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Stephen Reinhardt, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
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Elena Kagan, Federal Judges, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Quote of the Day: Keep Waiting(And: Justice Kagan Disses A Top Law School)
In a wide-ranging and humorous interview the other night, Justice Kagan joked that going to one top law school was "slumming it." Which school?
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Elena Kagan, Politics, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Television
Quote of the Day: SCOTUS Isn't Politicized At All... AHAHAHA!
Do the justices of the Supreme Court let politics into their opinions? -
Elena Kagan, Immigration, Kids, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Everyone Is Being Reasonable
What happened at the Supreme Court this morning? Several decisions came down. Which ones? Any biggies? -
Adam Liptak, Barack Obama, Election 2012, Politics, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
SCOTUS at the SOTU: Some Historical Perspective
Tonight, as everyone knows, President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union address. The speech starts at 9 p.m. (Eastern time). For real-time reactions over Twitter, follow @ATLblog, @DavidLat, @ElieNYC, and @StaciZaretsky. For a post-speech wrap-up, check Above the Law, either late tonight or tomorrow morning. For Supreme Court nerds, here’s the perennial […] -
California, Elena Kagan, Immigration, Money, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Pornography, SCOTUS, Student Loans, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 12.13.11
* The Supreme Court will hear Obama’s challenge to Arizona’s immigration law. Upside: we can probably expect a decision by June. Downside: Lady Kaga has to sit her ass out. [New York Times] * Depressing fact of the day: unless you’re earning six times your law school’s annual tuition, you’ll probably never be able to […]
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Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Dahlia Lithwick, Election 2012, Elena Kagan, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Health Care / Medicine, John Roberts, Paul Clement, Politics, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
A Portrait of Elena Kagan as a Young Justice
The latest issue of New York magazine contains a very interesting profile of the U.S. Supreme Court’s newest member, Justice Elena Kagan, penned by Dahlia Lithwick. Here’s the bottom-line summary of the piece (via Ezra Klein): “While Kagan is assuredly a liberal, and likely also a fan of the health-reform law, a close read of […] - Sponsored
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Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Constitutional Law, Election 2012, Elena Kagan, Federal Judges, Joe Biden, Old People, Politics, Robert Bork, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Borking Up a Storm: Romney's High-Profile Legal Adviser Speaks His Mind
Some lawyers can be so circumspect in speech and so careful in action that they’re just plain boring. Such caution might help you make it to the Supreme Court someday, but it’s not a recipe for a very fun life. Thankfully, not all brilliant lawyers are afraid of speaking their minds. Take Robert Bork, the […] -
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Morning Docket: 04.05.11
* Did Malcolm Gladwell’s endorsement lead to an increase in Colorado Law applicants? Malcolm Gladwell, a man whose book Blink was described by Richard Posner as “written like a book intended for people who do not read books.” [Law Week Colorado] * A litany of legal challenges faces the Obama administration now that they’ve backtracked […]
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Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, John Roberts, Politics, Reader Polls, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
Will SCOTUS Go to the SOTU This Year?
Tomorrow night, many of us will tune in to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address — hoping to catch more catfighting than on an episode of Jersey Shore. Last year’s SOTU did not disappoint drama-seekers. As you may recall, an Article II vs. Article III smackdown took place: President Obama chided the Supreme […] -
Elena Kagan, Jury Duty, Non-Sequiturs, Patents
Non-Sequiturs: 01.20.11
* Awesome diary of a rich wife trying to cut back on expenses. [Going Concern] * Justice Elena Kagan — who currently lives in D.C., and apparently plans to stay there — was called for jury duty by the District. She wasn’t seated, since we don’t let supremely qualified people sit on juries. [ABC News] […] -
Elena Kagan, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Lawyerly Lairs: Justice Kagan Goes House Hunting
In 2010, music superstar Lady Gaga earned an estimated $64 million. Meanwhile, legal superstar Lady Kaga — aka Justice Elena Kagan, of the United States Supreme Court — earned considerably less. For the part of 2010, the Divine Miss K served as Solicitor General, earning an annual salary of $165,300. After her confirmation as an […]
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Elena Kagan, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: No-Frills Justice
I think you just have to do what makes you feel comfortable. In my real life I’m not a frilly, lacy person. Some of the things people wear just struck me as not something I felt comfortable with. — Justice Elena Kagan, explaining why she doesn’t accessorize her black robe with a jabot (that frilly […] -
Elena Kagan, Eyes of the Law, Federal Judges, Food, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Eyes of the Law: Justices Eat Pizza Too
Here’s a fun little judicial sight-ation from the weekend. On Saturday night, at around 9 p.m., Justice Elena Kagan was spotted in the elevator of the luxury apartment building in downtown D.C. that she calls home. According to our tipster, Justice Kagan was wearing “mom jeans.” And carrying a pizza. The 112th justice of the […] -
Clarence Thomas, Clerkships, Elena Kagan, Feeder Judges, John Roberts, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: New Term, New Hires
Monday, October 4, marked the start of a new Supreme Court Term — October Term 2010, to be more specific. It also marked the first day of oral arguments for the newest member of the Court — Lady Kaga, aka Associate Justice Elena Kagan. As Justice White famously observed, a new justice makes a new […] -
Elena Kagan, Non-Sequiturs, Sonia Sotomayor
Non-Sequiturs: 09.10.10
* Gawker is now offering Donald Trump money to shut up. You could say that Gawker is not getting any consideration in this deal, but you’d be very wrong. [Gawker] * Alice Lingo, the lawyer-turned-cleaning-lady we posted about yesterday, has a Biglaw background. [Law Shucks] * Professor Jonathan Adler has a detailed write-up of Sonia […] -
Clerkships, Elena Kagan, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Justice Kagan's Clerks!
As of yesterday, Justice Elena Kagan had not hired her four law clerks for October Term 2010, as reported by Tony Mauro in the National Law Journal. But that was then, and this is now. Justice Kagan, who was sworn in on Saturday, isn’t wasting any time in getting her chambers up and running. Lady […] -
Elena Kagan, Money, Real Estate
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? Elena Kagan -- She Already Is!
As I noted this morning on Twitter, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is looking like a million bucks these days. And this should come as no surprise, since she’s worth a million bucks — and then some. Recently I examined the financial disclosure form filed by Elena Kagan last year, when she was nominated for […] -
Charles Fried, Elena Kagan, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Lady Kaga Drops Her Poker Face
She came steaming into my office and said, ‘Why have you done that? It’s a confusing situation and you’ve made it worse.’ She screamed and shouted at me and slammed the door and stormed out. Two minutes later, she came back and said, ‘I’m sorry I shouted.’ I said, ‘Elena, don’t apologize, you were right.’ […]