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Harvard Law School Professor John F. Manning ’82—who clerked for Scalia in 1988 and then argued cases in front of him as assistant to the solicitor general—said the Justice’s intellectual vitality was visible in oral argument as well...
...Senate is currently considering the Supreme Court nomination of Solicitor General and former Dean of Harvard Law School Elena Kagan, with whom Scalia has also crossed paths at Law School events. In an interview with The Crimson on May 18, Scalia’s comments about Kagan were brief, but positive...
...official announcement of her nomination, President Barack Obama hailed Kagan, currently Solicitor General, as a “consensus builder” known for “her openness to a wide range of viewpoints...
...School Professor Mark V. Tushnet ’67, who also clerked for Marshall, noted that experience as Solicitor General will have exposed Kagan to a wide variety of legal issues...
Kagan was confirmed as Solicitor General in 2009 by a vote of 61-31 in the Senate...