Elena Kagan (/ ˈ k eɪ ɡ ə n / KAY-guhn; born April 28, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and is the fourth woman to serve on the Court.

Apr 6, 2022 · Kagan is one of three liberal justices on the conservative-majority court. President Barack Obama nominated Kagan in 2010. Kagan replaced Associate Justice John Paul Stevens. More than...

Aug 7, 2010 · Kagan is considered a liberal Justice on most key issues. For example, she has voted in favor of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), same-sex marriage, gun control, and abortion, and she has sought to protect voting rights.

Jan 3, 2025 · Elena Kagan (born April 28, 1960, New York, New York, U.S.) associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 2010. She also was the first woman to serve as U.S. solicitor general (2009–10).

Apr 2, 2014 · Elena Kagan is a Supreme Court justice and the first woman to serve as solicitor general of the United States of America.

Jul 1, 2021 · Justice Elena Kagan ripped her conservative colleagues on the Supreme Court on Thursday in a blistering 41-page dissent, accusing them of ignoring the legislative intent of the 1965 Voting...

Dec 30, 2022 · Allies of Justice Elena Kagan suggest she is at a crossroads — mulling whether the breakdown in the U.S. political scene has rendered her efforts to find compromise and consensus on the high...

Jun 28, 2024 · U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan accused her conservative colleagues of forgetting the court’s elementary role within the nation’s three branches of government, writing in a landmark Supreme Court decision on Friday that “the …

Elena Kagan is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. President Barack Obama (D) nominated Kagan to fill the seat vacated by retiring Justice John Paul Stevens in 2010. The U.S. Senate confirmed Kagan on August 5 of that year by a 63-37 vote. She was sworn in two days later. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Elena Kagan has served as associate justice of the Supreme Court since 2010. The previous year she served as U.S. solicitor general, the first woman to hold that position. Between 2003 and 2009, Kagan was dean of Harvard Law School.