Elena Kagan

Within the last decade, Princetonians have won Nobel Prizes, risen to political office and upheld the University's informal motto, "Princeton in the nation's service and the service of all nations."

The Senate voted 63-37 to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan ’81 as the next Supreme Court justice, a historic move that marks the first time three women will serve simultaneously on the nation’s highest court.

The nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan ’81 to the Supreme Court was endorsed by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday in a 13-6 vote that went mostly along party lines.  

David Brooks is definitely right to think that there’s a certain chilling effect among lawyers who want to become federal judges... Nominees since Robert Bork have routinely claimed — with extreme implausibility — that they really don’t know how they would rule on so controversial an issue as Roe v. Wade.

President Barack Obama nominated Elena Kagan ’81 to the Supreme Court on Monday morning, confirming month-long speculation that the current solicitor general was a leading candidate to replace retiring Associate Justice John Paul Stevens.