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 stated on June 29, 2010 in 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." June 30, 2010 Jeff Sessions stated on June 28, 2010 in 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." June 29, 2010 Elena Kagan stated on April 1, 1995 in a law review article: On whether a U.S. Supreme Court nominee should be forthcoming at confirmation hearings. By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 29, 2010 Jon Kyl stated on June 28, 2010 in 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." By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2010 stated on May 10, 2010 in 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." By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 17, 2010 Patrick Leahy stated on May 16, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Military "recruiting went on at Harvard every single day throughout the time (Kagan) was there." May 17, 2010 Jeff Sessions stated on May 16, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Elena Kagan "violated the law of the United States at various points" with her opposition to military recruiters. May 16, 2010 Michael Savage stated on May 10, 2010 in his website: Elena Kagan is "a New York City radical, Marxist lawyer through and through." May 14, 2010 Michael Savage stated on May 10, 2010 in his website: "She (Kagan) took money from Goldman Sachs just like her boss, Obama." May 14, 2010 Harry Reid stated on May 11, 2010 in 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. By Catharine Richert • May 12, 2010 John Cornyn stated on May 10, 2010 in a press release: "Ms. Kagan has spent her entire professional career in Harvard Square, Hyde Park and the D.C. Beltway." May 10, 2010 John Barrasso stated on May 10, 2010 in 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." 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
