President Obama has nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. The Heritage Foundation will provide detailed analysis of her record, along with links to other helpful resources. We will continue to reiterate the factors that senators should consider when evaluating Kagan and all other nominees to life-tenured judicial positions. They should not only consider her qualifications and experience, but also whether she understands that the judge’s role is to interpret the Constitution and laws as they are written, free from personal or political bias.
Former Attorney General Ed Meese's statement on the nomination of Elena Kagan Read More.
All the latest blog posts on the Supreme Court vacancy from The Heritage Foundation. Read More.
The Heritage Foundation hosted a panel discussion providing advice to Obama on choosing a judicial nominee. Click here to watch the video. Read More.
With the long expected retirement announcement by Justice John Paul Stevens, President Obama gets a second opportunity to shape the Supreme Court to match his very activist view of the law and the role of judges. Read More.
Before being confirmed to the United States Supreme Court, Elena Kagan must first be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. But before Kagan can be confirmed to this lifetime appointment, she has to answer questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Kagan comes to the committee with one…
Abstract: What are Elena Kagan’s views on foreign policy? What does she think about America’s role in the world? At one time, such questions would have seemed irrelevant, if not impudent, for a Supreme Court nominee. Not anymore. Recent Supreme Court decisions, and commonly…
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President Barack Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan raises many unanswered questions. But that’s one reason the Senate has a Judiciary Committee. Why so many questions? Because Kagan comes with the thinnest record of any nominee in decades. Not only has she never served as a judge, but…
As the Senate considers President Obama’s appointment of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, it should reflect on the Court’s increasing role in shaping national security. Specifically, Senators should consider President Obama’s authority as commander-in-chief to use military commissions, Predator drone strikes, prolonged detention, and…
Robert Alt comments on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court. …
Robert Alt discusses the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, and the questions raised by her writings and experience. …
Even before President Obama took the oath of office, the pundits began to speculate as to how many Supreme Court vacancies might occur over the next four years, and what kind of justices President Obama would nominate. Besides a possible opening on…
Editor's Note: Between various presidential nominations now bottled up in the U.S. Senate, and now the intense focus on a nomination to the United States Supreme Court, there have been numerous musings about presidential nominations, the advice and consent of the Senate, and the appointment of judges of the Supreme Court and other officers of the…
In his recent endorsement of Barack Obama, Colin Powell mused: "I would have difficulty with two more conservative appointments to the Supreme Court, but that's what we'd be looking at in a McCain administration." While Powell is correct in highlighting the importance of judicial issues in the upcoming election, his comments reveal an all-too-common misunderstanding of…
In a 2001 radio interview that's just come to light, Barack Obama discussed the Supreme Court's role in redistributing wealth. Call it Obama's "Joe the Plumber meets Justice Brennan" moment. Contrary to some screaming Web discussions, Obama did not - at least as a practical matter - promote using the courts…
Today the Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court. Yet the vote breakdown is telling. Even...…
We have posted several videos from this summer's Second Amendment Task Force this week. Today's final installment is...…
This Tuesday voters in Missouri, by a 40-point margin, approved a ballot measure rejecting the individual mandate at the...…
Yesterday, we shared a video of our own Hans von Spakovsky speaking at a Second Amendment Task Force event earlier...…
The Senate today commenced debate on the nomination of Elena Kagan to serve a lifetime appointment on the U.S. Supreme...…
At a Second Amendment Task Force held earlier this summer, Hans Von Spakovsky, Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage...…
7:30 Alt on Kagan’s Activism and Willingness to Interpret the Constitution based on Foreign Law Robert Alt entered into...…
This Sunday, our nation will celebrate Independence Day, which commemorates the Continental Congress' adoption of the...…
In Day Three questioning of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, conservative senators continued to press for clear,...…
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