The nomination of Elena Kagan, the 50-year-old solicitor general, deserves a much closer look when her Senate confirmation hearings begin June 28. Americans, particularly African Americans, cannot allow our judgment of her slim record be clouded by a knee-jerk desire to see historic President Barack Obama do well. Kagan’s record includes questionable hiring practices while […]
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Adrienne T. Washington…Giving Kagan a Second Thought
The nomination of Elena Kagan, the 50-year-old solicitor general, deserves a much closer look when her Senate confirmation hearings begin June 28. Americans, particularly African Americans, cannot allow our judgment of her slim record be clouded by a knee-jerk desire to see historic President Barack Obama do well. Kagan’s record includes questionable hiring practices while […]
