Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Kagan Nomination

Scorecard

true
0% 2 Checks
mostly true
0% 0 Checks
half true
0% 6 Checks
mostly false
0% 1 Checks
false
0% 1 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 1 Checks
For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact

All Fact-checks for Kagan Nomination

Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan
stated on June 29, 2010 the Kagan confirmation hearing
During the year Kagan barred military recruiters from Harvard Law School's Office of Career Services, "military recruiting actually went up."
Half-True
June 30, 2010
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 28, 2010 the Kagan confirmation hearing
"In her first appellate argument, Ms. Kagan told the court that the speech and press guarantees in the First Amendment would allow the federal government to ban the publication of pamphlets discussing political issues before an election."
Half-True
June 29, 2010
Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan
stated on April 1, 1995 a law review article
On whether a U.S. Supreme Court nominee should be forthcoming at confirmation hearings.
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 29, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on June 28, 2010 a hearing on the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan
"The ABA's own criteria for a judicial nominee call for, among other things, at least 12 years' experience in the practice of law, and they mean actual practice of law."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2010
stated on May 10, 2010 a column
Elena Kagan "has published five scholarly review articles, mostly on administrative law and the First Amendment. These articles were mostly on technical and procedural issues."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 17, 2010
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy
stated on May 16, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Military "recruiting went on at Harvard every single day throughout the time (Kagan) was there."
Half-True
May 17, 2010
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on May 16, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Elena Kagan "violated the law of the United States at various points" with her opposition to military recruiters.
Mostly False
May 16, 2010
Michael Savage
Michael Savage
stated on May 10, 2010 his website
Elena Kagan is "a New York City radical, Marxist lawyer through and through."
Pants on Fire!
May 14, 2010
Michael Savage
Michael Savage
stated on May 10, 2010 his website
"She (Kagan) took money from Goldman Sachs just like her boss, Obama."
Half-True
May 14, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on May 11, 2010 a speech on the Senate floor
On Sandra Day O'Connor: "I think one reason she was a good judge is she had no judicial experience" before she joined the Supreme Court.
False
By Catharine Richert • May 12, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on May 10, 2010 a press release
"Ms. Kagan has spent her entire professional career in Harvard Square, Hyde Park and the D.C. Beltway."  
True
May 10, 2010
John Barrasso
John Barrasso
stated on May 10, 2010 an interview on Fox News
On military recruiters at Harvard, Elena Kagan "took a position and the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that she was wrong."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 10, 2010
Load More

Latest Articles

No articles to show.

Latest promises about Kagan Nomination

No promises to show.

Latest promises about Kagan Nomination