Obama Chooses New Supreme Court Nominee - Elana Kagan

Elena Kagan is President Obama's choice for supreme court nominee.


STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Elena Kagan, current solicitor general, has reputation as consensus builder
  • Kagan, 49, was dean of Harvard Law School; she has never served as judge
  • Clinton named her associate White House counsel, appointed her to Domestic Policy Council
  • "I have no doubt her heart beats on the left," said Charles Fried, a Harvard colleague

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