Tag: Elena Kagan

The Supreme Court will decide on Friday whether to hear Weyerhaeuser v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. In this case, the government is trying to seize control of land it does not own in order to protect an endangered species of frog (namely, the dusky gopher frog pictured above) that does not live there. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court will decide the fate of an endangered frog in a regulatory swamp

Henry Miller · January 11, 2018 5:01 am

Justice Elena Kagan engaged the baker's attorney, Kristen Waggoner, in an extended discussion over which wedding services included protected speech under the First Amendment.

In Supreme Court gay wedding cake case, Kennedy says state has not been tolerant of baker’s religious views

Ryan Lovelace · December 5, 2017 5:22 pm

"I think, for the most part, we are within those poles but much closer to the Scalia pole: That we are a generally, fairly textualist court, which will generally think when the statute is clear you go with the statute," Kagan said. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Elena Kagan: The Supreme Court is a ‘textualist court’ that reasons more like Scalia than Breyer

Ryan Lovelace · October 16, 2017 11:04 pm

"Majority sizes averaged more than seven justices to a dissent average of one justice," according to the analysis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Study shows Supreme Court justices working together in unprecedented ways last term

Ryan Lovelace · August 21, 2017 5:13 pm

The full documentary packs new information, archival footage, and commentary from legal experts into under 90 minutes to deliver a glowing portrayal of a polarizing legal figure. (AP Photo/Sang H. Park)

Supreme Court justices share their memories of Scalia in new documentary

Ryan Lovelace · June 24, 2017 4:01 am

The Supreme Court on Monday dropped the dispute over President Trump's travel ban from its oral argument calendar. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court: Lying to immigration officials not reason enough to strip citizenship

Ryan Lovelace · June 22, 2017 3:30 pm

Occasionally having the president's ear is no substitute for real influence or power, especially considering how often the president disregards his counsel. (Heidi Levine, pool via AP)

Beltway Confidential

No, Ivanka is not the most powerful Jewish woman in the US

Becket Adams · June 2, 2017 9:48 pm

The 5-3 decision in Cooper v. Harris tossed out two districts drawn by Republican officials after the 2010 census. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Supreme Court rules NC redistricting was unconstitutional racial gerrymandering

Ryan Lovelace · May 22, 2017 3:03 pm

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court scrapped the provocation rule because of its inconsistency with existing court precedent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tempers flare at Supreme Court over religious liberty case

Ryan Lovelace · April 19, 2017 5:24 pm

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court: Jury deliberations may be probed for evidence of racial bias

Kelly Cohen · March 6, 2017 5:05 pm

Judge earned high marks from several people who clerked for Gorsuch on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Former Sotomayor law clerk, Kagan attorney praise Gorsuch

Ryan Lovelace · February 1, 2017 2:20 am

The Court will make key decisions on cases involving insider trading, intellectual property and bankruptcy law, as well as a trademark case that could have a determinative impact on whether the Washington Redskins NFL team keeps the trademark of its controversial nickname. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

New Supreme Court term opens in shadow of Scalia, election

Ryan Lovelace · October 3, 2016 4:01 am