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Massachusetts: Elena Kagan

February 10, 2009 - 05:19 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Kagan testifies on solicitor general role

Harvard Law dean Elena Kagan told a Senate committee today that if she is confirmed as President Obama's top lawyer, she would defend federal law and policy even if she personally disagrees with it. Bloomberg reports that Kagan, who would...

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Thu, 01/08/2009 - 12:21

Another Harvard Law prof. heads to Obama administration

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Harvard Law School Professor Cass Sunstein is slated to become a top regulatory official in President-elect Barack Obama's administration, the Washington Post reported Thursday.

Sunstein will head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, the Washington Post reports, citing an anonymous transition official.

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Mon, 01/05/2009 - 18:35

Harvard Law Dean tapped as solicitor general

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

After emerging last week as a frontrunner for the job, Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan has been selected by President-elect Barack Obama to be his solicitor general, according to an email Kagan sent to Harvard Law students and obtained by PolitickerMA.com.

"I am writing to all of you - the community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Harvard Law School - to let you know that today President-elect Barack Obama will announce his intention to nominate me to serve as solicitor general of the United States," Kagan wrote in the email.

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