Post Tagged 'Elena Kagan'

April 20, 2026

Samuel Alito: A Portrait in Humility

I was finishing my last year of law school when the Supreme Court was significantly reshaped by the nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito. During that year, I had the rare privilege to take courses taught by one of the nation’s leading experts on the federal courts. Continue Reading...

November 12, 2025

Amy Coney Barrett Listens to the Law

Many Americans wonder if any jurist on the U.S. Supreme Court will ever be able to fill the shoes of the late, great Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed in 2016. President Trump has—so far—appointed three avowedly originalist justices with the potential to do so. Continue Reading...

January 12, 2012

Roundup: Supreme Court Rules on the Ministerial Exception Case

A quick news and analysis digest here on the Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruling by the Supreme Court yesterday. Congratulations and thank you to the Becket Fund. Continue Reading...

July 07, 2010

Elena Kagan’s Revealing Commerce Clause Evasion

In this week’s Acton Commentary, Kevin Schmiesing looks at the exchange between Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan and Sen. Tom Coburn over the interpretation of the Constitution’s Commerce Clause. Elena Kagan’s Revealing Commerce Clause Evasion by Kevin E. Continue Reading...