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It’s official: Kagan ’81 makes it three in a row
Sunday, 09 May 2010
by Brian No
All of us are in a state of despair, with Dean’s Date looming over us, but let’s just take a quick moment to engage in some “school spirit” (I hear it’s a real thing): President Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan ’81 to the Supreme Court, NBC’s Pete Williams is reporting tonight. And the
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
So you want to be a Supreme Court justice (PART 2)
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
by Brian No
Earlier this week, we gave you some helpful advice on what not to do if you plan on becoming a Supreme Court justice. But what sorts of things should you do as a Princeton student if you want a lifetime appointment to the nation’s high court? An exhaustive (i.e. cursory, superficial, dumb) examination of the Princeton careers of
- Published in Alumni, Musings, Politics, Princeton in the News
So you want to be a Supreme Court justice…
Monday, 26 April 2010
by Brian No
[from left to right: Kagan ’81, Sotomayor ’76, Alito ’72, and Obama ’85] Do you plan on becoming a Supreme Court justice? Do you plan on becoming famous? If so, do yourself a favor: Write your thesis on the most mundane, non-controversial topic possible. Specifically, don’t write about: Scary foreign lands (i.e. Puerto Rico) Last
- Published in Alumni, Open Letter, Politics
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Kagan ’81: Closet Conservative? Why Some Liberals Fear Her.
Thursday, 15 April 2010
by Brian No
On Sunday, we mentioned that Solicitor General Elena Kagan ’81 is on President Obama’s shortlist of candidates under consideration to fill retiring Justice John Paul Stevens’ seat on the Supreme Court. But, really, if chatter among the punditry is any indication, she’s the woman to beat. (After all, everyone thought Obama would choose Sonia Sotomayor
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Sotomayor’s Confirmation Hearings Pretty Lame
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
by Brian No
Last month, an all-star panel of Supreme Court journalists criticized Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’76’s confirmation hearings that took place over the summer: Sotomayor — now Associate Justice Sotomayor — “was asked what her judicial philosophy was and she said, ‘I follow the law,’” CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin told a packed Dodds Auditorium in
Sotomayor ’76 Becomes First Hispanic, 11th Princetonian Justice on Supreme Court
Thursday, 06 August 2009
by Brian No
The United States Senate, by a vote of 68 to 31, confirmed Sonia Sotomayor ’76 as the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice this afternoon. She joins fellow Princetonian Justice Samuel Alito ’72 on the high court, who was confirmed in 2006 by a vote of 58 to 42. The confirmation vote was largely along
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Sotomayor ’76 Tapped as Next Supreme Court Justice
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
While you were off relaxing during your Memorial Day weekend, President Obama and his crack team of legal experts were busy choosing their Supreme Court nominee. The New York Times reported Tuesday morning that Princeton grad and University Trustee Sonia Sotomayor ’76 will indeed be Obama’s pick (called it!). Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News