May or may not know already. Born in new york. Raised in new york. Educated at princeton, oxford and Harvard Law School. Then became a clerk to judge abner mickva on the d. C. Circuit, followed by a clerkship with Justice Thurgood marshall here at the Supreme Court. Then a couple of years of law practice, and then in 1991, entering academia teaching at the university of Chicago Law School where she met professor barack obama. Two years later, invited back to washington to work for the Senate Judiciary committee as special counsel at the request of the chairman, then senator joe biden. Two years later, judge mickva becomes white House Counsel for president clinton. Justice kagan is asked to come to the white house. Serve as associate white House Counsel. Stays there for a couple of years in that role and then two more years in domestic policy roles on behalf of the clinton administration. In the white house. And then president clinton nominates Justice Kagan to be a judge on the d. C. C
Next, a discussion on congress, courts and the socalled Administrative State at the annual Steamboat Springs Freedom Conference in colorado. All right. We are switching gears. We have a very compelling discussion coming up on what is in a way the Fourth Branch of government and that is the Administrative State that has such an impact on all of our lives and our businesses. The rise of the Administrative State, will the u. S. Be a democracy in the future or a nation ruled by the Administrative State . Our panel is going to come up in just a minute. Youre going to get a preview of tonights Tony Blankley Fellowship Award presentation because the moderator of the panel is one of our two new recipients of the blankley fellowship. He is the chief washington correspondent for the hill and hill tv. He is also a media fellow at the Hudson Institute in washington, d. C. , where he cohosts the realignment podcast. He previously served as White House Correspondent for the daily caller and Foreign
Particular has a monumental role. It endeavors to guard the values and architecture of liberty, equality, and solidarity found in the constitution. It does so against the excesses of majority rule, partisanship, or president ial overreach. The Supreme Court, however, is made up of nine individual human beings. Each with her or his individual perspective on the balances struck in the constitution, and on the precise guideposts on decision making. We are most proud to have one of these nine with us this evening. Stevenslecture is honorable elana kagan, associate justice of the United States of Supreme Court. [applause] mr. Anaya notably, Justice Kagan replaced Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court after the late justice announced his retirement and president barack obama appointed her to the court. Justice kagan served as the first female solicitor general of the United States and in that position, she argued a number of important cases to the Supreme Court. She had a storied legal career
David i dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . When you went to cornell, your grades were obviously good. You applied to law school at harvard. You got into Harvard Law School. Was the class half women and half men . [laughter] jus. Ginsburg in those ancient days, i went to law school from 1956 and 1959. In my entering class at Harvard Law School, there were over 500 in the class, nine of us were women. A big jump from martys class, he was a year ahead of me. There were five women. Today, Harvard Law School, it is about 50 women. [applause] david in your Harvard Law School class, you did extremely well and got onto the harvard law review and you were near the top of your class, maybe first or tied for first in your class. When your husband needed to move to new
Including a number of u. S. Prima Court Justices who have enriched our community with. Provoking we are fortunate to have welcomed several outstanding judges including a number of u. S. Approval for justice who have enriched our community with thoughtprovoking speeches. Valueeavors to guard the and architecture of liberty, equality, and solidarity found in the constitution. It is done so against the excesses of majority rule, partisanship, or president ial overreach. The Supreme Court, however, is of nine individual human beings. Each with her or his individual perspective on the balances struck in the constitution, guidepostsprecise on decision making. This year is stephen lecturer is the honorable elana kagan, associate justice of the United States of court. [applause] notably, Justice Kagan replaced Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court after the late justice announced his president barack obama appointed her to the court. Justice kagan served as the first female solicitor general of