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Kagan, who has led the Law School since 2003, was named President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee for solicitor general last week. Kagan’s confirmation hearing has not yet been scheduled.
Things could not have gone more smoothly for Secretary of State-nominee Hillary Clinton in her Senate confirmation hearings on Tuesday. Completely on top of her brief, Clinton was masterful on issues as obscure as America's arctic territorial concerns and the Law of the Sea treaty, and she deftly...
It now falls to Geithner to lead the way out of this mess. As Barack Obama's nominee to be Secretary of the Treasury, Geithner will be tugging on the economic levers himself - levers that are, thanks to outgoing Secretary Hank Paulson, far more powerful than they had been. Colleagues...
No matter how famous the person in the spotlight, Senate confirmation hearings have certain fixed rules. The nominee must repeatedly assure Senators that he or she will seek their advice and counsel on all matters. Every question from every Senator, no matter how ludicrous, must be given deep deference. If...
Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan will be nominated to serve as President-elect Barack Obama’s solicitor general, the administration’s representative to the Supreme Court, Obama announced in a press release Monday morning.If confirmed by the Senate, Kagan will represent the federal government, party...