Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee began its hearings for President Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court. Kagan was appointed by Obama as the U.S. solicitor general in 2009 and held the position until May of this year. She is the first woman to hold the office of solicitor general in the Justice Department. Further, if confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, she will be the fourth woman... 

Word reached Faith and Action early this morning that President Obama will today announce his selection of current U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the next US Supreme Court justice. Ms. Kagan is the nation’s top civil attorney and represensts the President and his administration before the US Supreme Court on matters of civil and administrative law. She is a past dean of Harvard Law School, served...