Elena Kagan - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Elena Kagan Index / People Transcripts Jeh Johnson ...general, it was the solicitor general, Elena Kagan , it was me, it was the secretary o... David Axelrod ...finer point on it. How about sending us Elena Kagan ?” That's Scalia's reputation, was fo... Gregory Craig ...Diane Wood, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan . Do you remember something lik... Jay Carney ...of either, I can't remember if it was Elena Kagan or Sonia Sotomayor, to the Suprem... Don Verrilli ...was pretty early on. It was right after Elena Kagan was nominated for the court. But i... ...more questions for the record than Elena Kagan had gotten for her Supreme Cour... Ben LaBolt ...of Justices [Sonia] Sotomayor and [Elena] Kagan , and national press secretary for th... ...both for Sonia [M.] Sotomayor and Elena Kagan . First of all, did that end up on you... Danielle Gray ...a professor of Barack Obama. I asked Elena Kagan , who was a former colleague of Barac... ...people who had backgrounds more like Elena Kagan . That was another related piece on th... ...I clerked for, Merrick Garland. I think Elena Kagan would have been on anybody's Suprem... ...march for Obama to nominate either Elena Kagan or Sonia Sotomayor, but we looked a... ...which will eventually be filled by Elena Kagan . It sounds like you knew Justice Kaga... ...by Elena Kagan. It sounds like you knew Justice Kagan well in advance of this. Can you tal... ...was different for you? Yes. I knew Justice Kagan because—my first year in law school... ...because—my first year in law school, Justice Kagan was my civil procedure professor, so m... ...was certainly a serious contender. Elena Kagan , obviously. Diane Wood, a judge on th... ...the appellate bench, or in the case of Elena Kagan , who had never been a judge before—an... Show more... Gil Steinlauf ...another part of the building, there was Justice Elena Kagan with the same thing. So the irony tha... ...justices who were members of Adas, Justice Kagan invited me to be present at th... Randi Weingarten ...as I talked about, the appointment of Justice Kagan and Justice Sotomayor, the work tha... Elizabeth Brown ...from the court, the president nominated Elena Kagan , and I read that you were involved i... ...in some of the prenomination work for Justice Kagan 's nomination to the court. Can yo... ...of 2010, I've read that you attended Justice Kagan 's confirmation hearings. Can you tal... ...you most concerned about in terms of Justice Kagan 's nomination going through? Now... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Financial Crisis and the Economy Financial Crisis and the Economy go to the Gun Control Gun Control go to the Native America Native America