Elena Kagan Bio: 10 Little-Known Facts, From Socialism to Spitzer

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1. She wrote her senior thesis at Princeton on socialism in New York City. In her 134-page thesis, Kagan thanked her brother Marc, "whose involvement in radical causes led me to explore the history of American radicalism,"and dedicated the paper to her parents. In the end, she concluded, "American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemy. In unity lies their only hope." Anyone tempted to conclude that Kagan's thesis topic makes her a socialist should remember that Chief Justice John Roberts wrote his senior college thesis on Marxism.

4. It takes a village to pick a Justice. After first getting a call from White House counsel Bob Bauer, Kagan met or spoke with at least 17 people and numerous "groups of people" and White House staff, including David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, the vice president and the president. One name conspicuously absent from the list of people she met with is White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

6. She has worked exclusively for Democrats. In 1988, Kagan worked as a researcher for the Dukakis for President campaign. In 1996, she worked briefly for President Bill Clinton's re-election effort while she was also working in the White House. In 2009, she began her work in the Obama administration.

9. She has opinions on Guantanamo Bay prisoners. Although Kagan has historically held her opinions closely, she has spoken out twice about legal rights for detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. In 2005, she advocated for prisoners there to have legal representation. In 2007, she wrote a letter to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to encourage him to have federal courts hear habeas petitions of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

More: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/05/18/elena-kagan-bio-10-little-known-facts-from-spitzer-to-sociali/

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1. And she has corporate approval, otherwise her name

would never have made the list.

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2. Do you mean corporations that agreed with her opposition to what SCOTUS did in Citizens United?

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3. What I mean is that NOTHING major gets done at the WH

without corporate approval.

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