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State, Federal, City Leaders Among Guests for Grand Opening Events Set for April 16, 30; Media Preview Day Planned for April 8 BALTIMORE, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan will join Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Robert M. Bell and a host of state, local and federal officials and legal luminaries for several grand opening events for the new John and Frances Angelos...

Both Violated Their Oath of Office and Ethics Rules in Obamacare Decision WASHINGTON, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Elena Kagan have violated their oath of office to uphold the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution. Roberts' majority opinion upholding Obamacare was not only legally wrong, but the chief justice's failure to disqualify Justice Elena Kagan from sitting and ruling on the case - given her textbook conflict of...

Freedom Watch Only Group to Raise Issue in Amicus Brief WASHINGTON, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Supreme Court began oral arguments on the constitutionality of one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in the past fifty years. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, referred to as "Obamacare," stretches the power of the federal government to a level never before seen. Yet this is not the most important decision the Court faces. Justice...

Kagan: "I hear they have the votes!! Simply amazing." WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained three new documents that provide additional information about Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan and the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) while she served as solicitor general. Justice Kagan has said she was not actively involved in...

Kagan Directs Staff to "Be Involved" in Crafting Defense of Obamacare Scolds Justice Colleague on the Issue of Her Participation: "This Needs to be Coordinated...You Should not Say Anything about This before Talking to Me." WASHINGTON, May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents suggesting Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan helped coordinate the Obama...

TUCSON, Ariz., July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In her confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court justice, Elena Kagan stated that women's rights and health need to be protected. By that, she apparently means their unrestricted right to abortion until their baby has completely emerged from the womb. While a Clinton White House appointee, Kagan authored the statement on partial birth abortion (intact D&X) that was the biggest hurdle to the ban on this barbarous procedure, according...

NEW YORK, June 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Civil Liberties Union today released a report summarizing the civil liberties and civil rights record of U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan, nominated by President Obama to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The report was prepared in accordance with ACLU policy, and will be made available to the public and members of the Senate. The ACLU does not endorse or oppose...

WASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Friday, June 11, 2010, the Clinton Library will make available an additional 41,759 pages of materials relating to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. The records will be posted on their website: www.clintonlibrary.gov/ at 1 PM EDT. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080925/DC35252LOGO) The opening includes materials primarily related to Kagan's tenure in the White House Counsel's Office. Other files concern her nomination to the...

WASHINGTON, May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council President Tony Perkins addressed the Baton Rouge Press Club today to discuss the nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080930/FRCLOGO ) Perkins made the following comments in his speech regarding Ms. Kagan's refusal to comply with federal law and cooperate with military recruiters on the Harvard Law School campus: "Some have been defending Kagan's actions on...

WASHINGTON, May 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, President Barack Obama nominated Elena Kagan, Solicitor General, to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the United States Supreme Court. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), congratulates Ms. Kagan on her nomination and calls upon the Senate to consider the nomination expeditiously. John Payton, President and Director-Counsel of LDF, stated: "As Solicitor General, Ms. Kagan has an exemplary record on most issues...