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Criminal Justice Kagan Research Paper

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The youngest Justice member of the Supreme Court is Elena Kagan. Justice Kagan was born 55 years ago in New York, New York, on April 28, 1960. Kagan attended to Princeton University where she got her A.B, an M. Phil. from Oxford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Justice Kagan clerked for Judge Abner Mikva and Justice Thurgood Marshall. Then she become a professor at University of Chicago Law School and Harvard Law school, where she aldo become a Dean years later. Elena took seat on Agust 7, 2010 after being nominated by President Barack Obama. By being one of the three Jews members of the Court, Kagan’s ideology is joined by two wings: liberal and

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