I-Biography ka-Elena Kagan, owesifazane wesine ukuhlala eNkantolo eNkulu

Iphrofayili Yomsebenzi Nolwazi Ngo-Elena Kagan

Ukuvuselela : Ngo-Agasti 5, 2009, u-Elena Kagan uqinisekiswe yiSenate ngevoti lika-63-37, okwenza owesifazane wesine ahlale enkantolo ephakeme.

NgoMeyi 10, 2010, uMongameli Obama wakhetha u-Elena Kagan ukuba abe ngu-112 US Justice Court. Uma kuqinisekiswe yiSenate futhi kuqokwe uMongameli, uzoba owesifazane wesine ubulungiswa emlandweni naphezu kokungakaze akhonze njengejaji ngaphambili.

U-Kagan naye ukhethwe nguMongameli uBill Clinton, owasebenza njengomeluleki wezakhamuzi ngesikhathi sakhe sikamongameli. Wamphakamisa esikhundleni sePhini likaMsizi kuMongameli weNqubomgomo Yomndeni, futhi wabe esengumsebenzi wePhini likaMqondisi weMkhandlu weNqubomgomo yasekhaya.

Wayengowesifazane wokuqala ukukhonza njengommeli jikelele we-United States kanye nezinyanga ezimbili kuphela ngemuva kokuqinisekiswa njengokhethwe esikhundleni sokuba yiJaji uPaul Stevens ebhentshini le-SCOTUS ngesikhathi ethatha umhlalaphansi.

Ukuphila Komndeni nokuphila komuntu siqu

U-Elena Kagan wazalelwa eNew York City, NY ngo-Ephreli 28, 1960, kubazali uGloria Gittelman Kagan noRobert Kagan, abazali babo babeyizifiki ezingamaJuda. Bobabili abazali bakhe bashonile. URobert Kagan washona ngo-1994 kanti unina, uGloria, washona ngo-2008.

Unina kaNksz Kagan wayengumfundisi wesikole somphakathi (ngesikhathi esisodwa wayengumfundisi eHunter College) kanti uyise wayengummeli.

UNksz Kagan ungumntwana ophakathi kwezintathu ezizalwa nguGloria noRobert Kagan.

Unomfowethu omdala nomfowabo omncane; bobabili bangabafundisi besikole.

Isimo somshado kanye nokuma kobulili

UNkk Kagan akakakaze ashade futhi engenabantwana. Nakuba kukhona amahemuhemu okuthi uKagan ungumlingani womshado, akaqinisekisi obala noma akaphikisi amahemuhemu.

• Uphi u-Elena Kagan EmaLungelo Emayelana NamaGay naLesbian?

• U-Elena Kagan ungu-Lesbian?

Iminyaka Yakhe Yokuqala Nokuphila Kweminyaka Ephakeme

U-Kagan wakhula nge-75th naseWest End Avenue e-Upper West Side eNew York City.

U-Kagan waya eHunter College High School ngawo-1970. Inkhulumomphendvulwano yaseNew York Times , umuntfu lofundza naye esikoleni, Natalie Bowden, ukhumbule lokufisa kwekusasa kweNksz Kagan osemusha: kutsi abe yinkantolo yeNkantolo lephakeme. "Kwakuwumgomo kusukela ekuqaleni," kusho uNksz Bowden. "Wayekhuluma ngakho ngaleso sikhathi." ⁽¹⁾ Emfanekisweni wezincwadi zonyaka ophezulu, uNksz Kagan wayegqoke izingubo zejaji futhi wabamba i-gavel esandleni sakhe. ⁽²⁾

Imfundo yakhe yaseKholeji

U-Kagan wathola i-Bachelors degree evela ePrinceton University, ephothula izifundo zakhe, eyisiqephu se-summa cum laude ngo-1981. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, wathola uMasters of Philosophy yakhe evela eWorcester College, e-Oxford University.

Ngomnyaka ka-1986, uKagan waqedela i-magna cum laude eHarvard Law School lapho athola khona uDokotela wakhe weJuris.

Ulwazi Lomlando Wokuphila Nezomthetho

Iminyaka emibili esikoleni esikoleni, u-Kagan waqala ukubambisana noJaji uThugood Marshall weNkantolo Ephakeme yase-United States ngo-1988. Kusukela ngo-1995 kuya ku-1999 wakhonza njengomeluleki we-White House kanye nephini lomsizi kuMengameli uBill Clinton ngenqubomgomo yasekhaya.

U-Kagan wayengummeli ku-Williams & Connolly eqinile futhi kamuva wafundisa umthetho wezokuphatha, umthetho wezabasebenzi kanye nenqubo yomphakathi.

Wayebhekwa njengochwepheshe bokuQiniswa kokuQala esikoleni saseChicago naseHarvard.

Ngemva kokushiya isikhundla sakhe sikahulumeni waba profesa ohambele eHarvard Law (2001) futhi eminyakeni engaba mibili yenziwa umfundisi. Wahlala engumfundisi weHarvard iminyaka emihlanu ekwandisa izindawo ezikhona ze-campus futhi ethuthukisa ezintsha.

• U-Elena Kagan Okufeziwe: Okokuqala kukaKagan emlandweni wabesifazane

Ukungabi nakho okuka-Elena Kagan njengoMahluleli noMmeli Wezinsolo

U-Kagan akakaze abe yijaji. Uma eqinisekisiwe njengobulungisa beNkantolo eNkulu yase-US, uzoba ubulungiswa bokuqala eminyakeni engamashumi amane ukuba angazange abe nolwazi lwangaphambili njengejaji.

U-Kagan wakhethwa ngo-1999 eNkantolo Yokwedlulisa Amacala E-United States esifundeni sase-Columbia Circuit kodwa akazange aqinisekiswe. U-Kagan akakaze abe yijaji nganoma isiphi isikhathi phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe. Futhi, ngokusho kwe-MSNCB.com, u-Elena Kagan akakaze abhale ngisho nombono noma ahlulele icala.

Ngaphambi kokuqokwa kwakhe njengoMmeli Jikelele ngo-2009, uKagan wayengakaze aphikisana necala lakhe futhi akazange aphikisana necala eNkantolo Ephakeme yase-United States. Wenza ukuba avele okokuqala enkulumweni yomlomo phambi kweNkantolo Ephakeme ngoSeptemba 9, 2009, ku- Citizens United v. I-Federal Election Commission .

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_{(1) uSheryl Gay Stolberg, uKardrine Q. Seelye noLisa W. Foderaro. I- New York Times . Ukunyuka Kukhonjiswe Ngokuqiniseka Nokunakwa. Meyi 10, 2010.}

_{(2) i-New York Magazine. U-Elena Kagan Wagqoka ijaji likaJaji encwadini yakhe yonyaka. Meyi 10., 2010.}