
As a candidate for President of the United States, Barack Obama promised to restore balance to the Constitution, after what many argued was a period of executive overreach, infringing on civil liberties and the balance of powers. When he launched his campaign, he even referred to his past career as a “civil rights lawyer,” and a constitutional law teacher. Once in office, however, Obama expanded executive powers even further, and led a 6-year assault on judicial independence.
by Joel B. Pollak8 Jun 2015, 9:42 PM PST0

The founder and president of a coalition of black pastors has called upon U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan to recuse themselves from the same-sex marriage case that is currently before the high court.
by Dr. Susan Berry12 Mar 2015, 8:05 PM PST0

AUSTIN, Texas–Attorneys for Abigail Fisher have filed the next round of appeals in her challenge to the University of Texas system’s use of race in their undergraduate admissions. Fisher, who is white, first filed suit in 2008 after she was
by Sarah Rumpf30 Jul 2014, 9:15 AM PST0

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector unions Monday, ruling that thousands of home health care workers in Illinois cannot be required to pay fees that help cover the union’s costs of collective bargaining. In
by Breitbart News30 Jun 2014, 7:41 AM PST0

On June 16, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that a law-abiding citizen cannot buy a gun for another law-abiding citizen. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the majority opinion and Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the dissent. As Breitbart News reported on January
by AWR Hawkins16 Jun 2014, 8:28 AM PST0
Today I will have the honor of participating in a special Harvard Law School event honoring the career of Alan Dershowitz, the famous defense lawyer and legal scholar. I have been asked to speak specifically about his work as a
by Joel B. Pollak7 Oct 2013, 5:41 AM PST0

South Carolina state Senator Lee Bright, who is primarying Republican incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), released an advertisement that hits Graham on his support for comprehensive immigration reform, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, and the National Security Agency’s spying programs.
by Tony Lee21 Aug 2013, 10:53 PM PST0
Speaking at the Aspen Festival of Ideas in Colorado last weekend, Justice Elena Kagan revealed that she and Justice Antonin Scalia are regular hunting buddies who recently broadened the scope of their game from quail to deer. According to Kagan,
by Jon David Kahn3 Jul 2013, 10:36 AM PST0

While Justice Elena Kagan is clearly a liberal Supreme Court justice, she reminded us last week that many justices are hard to typecast, siding with conservatives against a couple of her liberal colleagues in Chaidez v. U.S. Part of the
by Ken Klukowski23 Feb 2013, 8:45 AM PST0

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy George Takei “Well, it seems to me that if Justice Elena Kagan can recuse herself from the Boston case, Justice Scalia needs to consider recusing himself,” Takei said.
by Breitbart TV12 Dec 2012, 6:06 PM PST0

President Barack Obama’s lawyers are claiming vast and sweeping powers in arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to Justice Samuel Alito in an address to the Federalist Society last week. Celebrating its 30th anniversary as America’s premiere conservative and
by Ken Klukowski19 Nov 2012, 4:00 AM PST0

Abraham Lincoln in 1854 spoke of the “covert zeal” of President Franklin Pierce and Sen. Steven A. Douglas for the spread of slavery. These leading Democrats never said they were in favor of slavery. They simply viewed the right of whites to choose slavery
by Ken Blackwell23 Jul 2012, 11:04 AM PST0

In a 5-3 decision (Justice Elena Kagan had recused herself), the Supreme Court has struck down the form–but not the substance–of the controversial Arizona immigration law, SB 1070. The opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy held that immigration law–including the decision
by Joel B. Pollak25 Jun 2012, 7:58 AM PST0

Breitbart News has discovered previously unknown handwritten notes from Elena Kagan to radical professor Derrick Bell, sent to Bell as Kagan worked on his seminal 1985 article on Critical Race Theory in the Harvard Law Review (99 Harv. L. Rev.
by Joel B. Pollak25 Apr 2012, 5:00 AM PST0

At a forum in Washington D.C. convened to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the nomination of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Justice Elena Kagan remarked that her job has not changed much between her post as solicitor general
by Dr. Susan Berry19 Apr 2012, 1:34 PM PST0

Glenn Thrush, alleged reporter for Politico, has decided that any legal opposition to Obamacare must spring not from Constitutional concerns – concerns mirrored by Justices Kennedy, Roberts, Alito, Scalia, Thomas, and even Sotomayor in part – but from sheer politics.
by Ben Shapiro28 Mar 2012, 9:30 AM PST0

The Supreme Court appears to reject the argument that it lacks jurisdiction to decide Obamacare’s fate until 2015. We should all expect the red-hot issues surrounding Obamacare to be decided by the end of June, for better or worse. And
by Ken Klukowski26 Mar 2012, 11:24 PM PST0

Soledad O’Brien took a second bite at the Critical Race Theory apple this morning, bringing on law professor Dorothy Brown to once again claim that Joel Pollak’s description of CRT was unfounded. Tommy Christopher at Mediaite seized on the video
by John Sexton12 Mar 2012, 1:41 PM PST0

In about a month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Obamacare lawsuit, and we still do not have all of the answers regarding the continuing questions about Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s role in crafting the
by Tom Fitton28 Feb 2012, 10:59 AM PST0
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Carrie Severino, to discuss Elena Kagan’s involvement in Obamacare while serving as Solicitor General, what inside knowledge she
by The New Ledger22 Nov 2011, 9:28 AM PST0
As a liberal, Jew, and lesbian, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan would face three capital counts against her in a Sharia court of law. Though, my guess is the “liberal” and the “Jew” in her are enough to explain Justice
by Dan Friedman9 Jul 2011, 10:11 AM PST0
Back in May Judicial Watch uncovered explosive documents from the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) indicating Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was heavily involved in crafting a defense for Obamacare while she served as Solicitor General. The documents appear to
by Tom Fitton7 Jul 2011, 10:59 AM PST0
From a report by Young America’s Foundation: On the campaign trail, then Senator Obama said that he would support reinstituting the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) on our nation’s campuses despite “differences in terms of military policy.” Young America’s Foundation
by Sun Tzu9 Dec 2010, 9:54 AM PST0
What about our future leaders? The Senate just confirmed our newest Justice of the Supreme Court – Elena Kagan. Nominee Kagan served as the Dean of Harvard Law School. The Washington Post reported: Four months after becoming dean of Harvard
by LTC Scott E. Rutter (USA, Retired)12 Aug 2010, 6:58 AM PST0
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has confirmed Elena Kagan as the 112th justice and fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court.The vote was 63-37 for President Barack Obama’s nominee to succeed retired Justice John Paul Stevens. Five Republicans joined
by Publius5 Aug 2010, 12:52 PM PST0