January 16, 2009
Obama Picks Harvard Dean as Solicitor General
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Elena Kagan, dean of Harvard Law School, as his nominee for solicitor general, the administration's representative before the U.S. Supreme Court.
She has never argued a case before the nation's high court, and Ms. Kagan would be the first woman to hold the solicitor-general post full time, according to a report by The American Lawyer.
The solicitor-general position has become a steppingstone to the U.S. Supreme Court. Four former
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