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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: CNN Politics - Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan talks ethics and her relationship with the chief justice. Sep 18, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 24, 2026
Add new Web site: PBS - University Place - A Discussion with Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Nov 06, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Seen As Rising Star, Kagan Has Limited Paper Trail. Sep 27, 2025
Article revised and updated. Jul 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Princeton University - Kagan discusses the Constitution, the Supreme Court and her time at Princeton. Feb 26, 2025
Add new Web site: New York University School of Law - Elena Kagan considers ethics reform, abortion, and gender. Jan 03, 2025
Add new Web site: Justia U.S. Supreme Court - Justice Elena Kagan. Jul 03, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC News - Profile: US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. Jan 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Free Speech Center - Elena Kagan. Feb 22, 2023
Add new Web site: Jewish Women's Archive - Biography of Elena Kagan. Jan 10, 2023
Add new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Elena Kagan. Aug 10, 2022
Add new Web site: The United States Department of Justice - Elena Kagan. Aug 10, 2022
Add new Web site: CNN Politics - Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan talks ethics and her relationship with the chief justice. Jan 17, 2019
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Elena Kagan. Jul 06, 2014
Add new Web site: Oyez - Elena Kagan. Jul 06, 2014
Add new Web site: Cornell University Law School - Elena Kagan. Sep 16, 2013
Add new Web site: William J. Clinton Library & Museum - Biography of Elena Kagan. Sep 16, 2013
Add new Web site: University of Michigan Law School - Biography of Elena Kagan. Sep 16, 2013
Added photograph. Dec 17, 2012
Added photograph of Elena Kagan from May 2010. Feb 03, 2011
She was sworn in as associate justice of the Supreme Court on Aug. 7, 2010. Aug 10, 2010
She was confirmed by the Senate in August 2010. Aug 05, 2010
New article added. May 10, 2010
Added photograph of Kagan and Barack Obama in the Oval Office. May 10, 2010
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