Kagan stepping aside as US solicitor general

[Tx4obama]

Source: Associated Press (via HuffPo)

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is stepping aside as solicitor general during her confirmation process.

Kagan wrote a letter to the Supreme Court on Monday, saying her deputy, Neal Kumar Katyal, will serve as acting solicitor general in light of her nomination.

"I ask that you please address future correspondence from the Court to him, and that the Court's docket sheets reflect his designation as Counsel of Record," Kagan said in a letter to Supreme Court Clerk William Suter.

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Katyal's promotion was effective as of May 10, the date President Barack Obama nominated Kagan to the high court as the replacement for retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100517/us-kagan-solicitor-general/

[orwell]

1. So she's a quitter too!

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3. That is disgusting and outright un-American!

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[iandhr]

2. asume this is standard protocol