Elena Kagan’s Background
President Barack Obama Introduces His Nominee
Of the many responsibilities accorded to a president by our Constitution, few are more weighty or consequential than that of appointing a Supreme Court justice — particularly one to succeed a giant in the law like Justice John Paul Stevens. For nearly 35 years, Justice Stevens has stood as an impartial guardian of the law, faithfully applying the core values of our founding to the cases and controversies of our time. He has done so with restraint and respect for precedent — understanding that a judge’s job is to interpret, not make, law — but also with fidelity to the…
