President Obama announced Elena Kagan as his pick to replace Justice Stevens today. This comes as no surprise as her name has been floating around as the front-runner from the day Stevens announced his retirement. Aside from her name, what do we know about her? A New York Times op-ed explains some of her views, but she doesn't seem to have much of a record.
Last time around, now-Justice Sotomayor had developed a very extensive record in the field of employment law, having served as a judge in district court and the Second Circuit. We simply don't have that with Kagan... yet. Information has a funny way of surfacing during the confirmation process. I'll let you know if anything particularly employment law-y happens.
Posted by Philip Miles, an employment lawyer with McQuaide Blasko in State College, Pennsylvania.
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